Honeywell helps transform power plant into fertilizer facility
Published by Oliver Kleinschmidt,
Deputy Editor
World Fertilizer,
Honeywell has announced that its industry-leading carbon capture technologies will be used by Wabash Valley Resources, LLC (WVR) in an innovative new project to create hydrogen and ammonia fertilizer for America’s farmers, strengthening national energy independence and security.
To fund the project, WVR recently secured a US$1.559 billion loan from the US Department of Energy through a programme focused on unleashing American energy dominance by investing in and fully utilising domestic energy infrastructure. The project will restart and modernise a gasification facility in Indiana to build one of the first plants in the US that makes hydrogen and ammonia with less carbon intensity.
The West Terre Haute facility in Indiana will implement Honeywell’s carbon capture technology to capture and permanently store nearly 1.65 million tpy of CO2 underground, equivalent to the carbon sequestered by over 1.65 million acres of US forests in one year.
“As energy demand increases, Honeywell's carbon capture technologies help customers like Wabash Valley Resources optimise operations and reduce emissions to help boost the domestic production of important inputs like ammonia to support American agriculture,” said Ken West, president and CEO of Honeywell Energy and Sustainability Solutions. “WVR’s West Terre Haute facility highlights the importance of public-private partnerships and shows the key role they play in advancing innovative technologies that can modernise traditional industries and improve the reliability and resilience of the US energy sector.”
Once fully operational in 2028, the facility will produce 500 000 tpy of anhydrous ammonia fertilizer. By scaling domestic production and reducing the industry’s reliance on imported supply, WVR aims to put downward pressure on fertilizer prices for American farmers. The company expects to replace half the imported supply for farmers across the Corn Belt, including in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.
“Our goals are to strengthen America’s fertilizer supply chain by reducing dependence on imports and advancing cleaner, more efficient production here at home,” added Dan Williams, CEO of Wabash Valley Resources. “By utilising Honeywell technology, we are paving the way for cleaner fertilizer production in the US.”
SAMSUNG E&A, a total solutions provider for the global energy industry, is responsible for the engineering and design of the facility. Honeywell and SAMSUNG E&A have a collaborative endeavour to jointly market Honeywell's advanced solvent carbon capture (ASCC) technology.
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