About the facility in Ramme
In Ramme, Lemvig municipality, the Power-to-Ammonia plant will demonstrate the future’s clever and green solution within conversion of green, fluctuating, renewable energy.
The Power-to-Ammonia plant utilizes power from, among other things, the area’s six wind turbines and the 47 MW solar park by converting it to green ammonia on days with a lot of sun and wind, and potentially use the ammonia to produce power to the grid on the days where nature’s resources are limited.
The CO2 neutral ammonia can be used as fertilizer and chemicals and will provide an opportunity for green fuel e.g. in marine traffic. Thus, it is possible to produce fertilizer using sun and wind energy which is far more climate friendly than the traditional production.
The Power-to-X plant differs from others by solely being based on green energy sources and the excess from these, which creates the dynamic solution. The first plant of its kind in the entire world.
A demonstration plant to be upscaled
The plant is a demonstration plant and a space for learning before the solution is upscaled to industrial scale.
The Ramme plant shall facilitate an understanding of the interplay between the various interfaces and where the energy producing facilities are utilized optimally. This learning can pave the way for upscaling and establishing additional facilities.
Power-to-X is crucial to attain both the Danish and European climate goals, and the plan is for the plant in Ramme to be the first of many, so we in Denmark become the leaders within Power-to-X technology as well.
Behind the Ramme plant is a partnership consisting of Skovgaard Energy, Topsoe and Vestas. REDDAP has received funding from The Danish Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program (EUDP). REDDAP stands for Renewable Dynamic Distributed Ammonia Plant.
About the Power-to-Ammonia technology in Ramme
When the plan will come into operation, it will be able to produce 5,000 tons of green ammonia per year, which gives a yearly CO2 reduction of 8,200 tons.
We use the power from sustainable energy sources in the Power-to-X process to split water into oxygen and hydrogen. From here, we mix the hydrogen with nitrogen, which we have extracted from the air using filtration, to be able to produce the green ammonia at a high pressure and temperature.
We can use the green ammonia as fertilizer, chemicals, and potentially green fuels. Additionally, it is possible eventually to create “X-to-Power”, i.e. convert ammonia back to power to be used in the electricity grid if there’s a shortage of sun and wind. In this way, we maximize the utilization of power which will be a prerequisite to attain the national and global climate goals.
Are you further interested in green ammonia, what we can use it for, and which meaning it holds for the future, you can learn more in the videos here.
