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Elcogen and Casale to collaborate on green ammonia

and other power-to-X projects

Elcogen, an Estonia-based manu- explained Mr. Mikael Jansen, Director
facturer of technology that enables the of Business Development at Elcogen.
efficient production of affordable green
hydrogen and emission-free electricity, SOEC technology is said to offer
has entered into a non-exclusive Memo- many advantages compared to water
randum of Understanding (MoU) with electrolysis. It requires less electricity
Casale, a Swiss provider of technolo- to produce hydrogen due to faster and
gies and integrated engineering solu- more efficient kinetics, and it can use
tions to produce ammonia and other SOEC is said to be ideally suited to steam generated from the waste heat of
base chemicals, to collaborate on green integration with industrial processes, industrial processes – such as ammonia
ammonia and other Power-to-X (P2X) producing hydrogen directly where it is production – further reducing the elec-
projects. needed as feedstock. tricity needed for hydrogen production.
Unlike water electrolysis, it produces
Under this MoU, the two companies “Solid oxide technology is on track little to no waste heat itself.
will explore commercial projects of to reach cost parity with PEM and
mutual interest, with a view to integrat- Alkaline systems soon, and once it does, “Observing Elcogen’s achieve-
ing Elcogen’s solid oxide electrolysis it will offer even greater value. With a ments in solid oxide technology, we
stack and stack module technology into lower levelised cost of hydrogen, greater see a highly complementary fit with
Casale’s plants, and potentially other scalability, and a lack of reliance on Casale’s deep expertise in process
P2X applications globally. In turn, precious materials like iridium and integration and plant design. This colla-
Elcogen can provide their technology platinum, it’s a future-proof techno- boration opens new possibilities for
platform and related technical services logy that’s expected to become a key industrial applications of green hydrogen,
to support Casale in its process design player in the green ammonia space as particularly in ammonia production
efforts for developers on the inter- it matures. This will provide a competi- and also in other technologies,” said
national market. tive advantage to both companies,” Mr. Federico Zardi, CEO of Casale.

The companies said the partner- BASF becomes first producer of renewable
ship offers the possibility of combining ammonia in Central Europe
Casale’s process design expertise with
Elcogen’s Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell With two new renewable ammonia to the renewable ammonia grades. They
(SOEC) technology for highly efficient grades – renewable ammonia and have been certified according to ISCC+
green hydrogen production. renewable ammonia solution 24.5% – and can be used as ‘drop-in’ solution in
BASF has further expanded its sustain- the same reliable way as the conven-
Ammonia production, which today able product portfolio. BASF produces tional products. The renewable ammonia
relies primarily on hydrogen derived the renewable ammonia grades at its grades are available in usual bulk
from natural gas, has traditionally been Verbund site in Ludwigshafen (Germany) mode. The expansion of the ammonia
dependent on fossil fuels, making it a by feeding hydrogen into the ammonia portfolio is a further step on the sustain-
significant source of CO emissions. plant which reduces the plant’s natural able journey of BASF’s Monomers
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However, by coupling green hydro- gas consumption. division. The division has already deve-
gen technology into ammonia produc- loped one circular or low PCF option
tion and leveraging renewable energy In BASF’s Verbund, hydrogen is for every major product line by 2025.
sources, the new process can signi- produced from fossil as well as from The division’s sustainable offerings
ficantly reduce emissions, offering a renewable energy-derived sources. Via are an essential part of BASF’s path to
cleaner and more sustainable solution a mass balance approach, renewable climate neutrality and net-zero CO
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for the industry. energy-derived hydrogen is attributed emissions by 2050.

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