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News from Abroad

PARTNERSHIP

Aker Horizons and Statkraft to develop green

ammonia project in Norway

Statkraft, Europe’s largest producer
of renewable energy, has joined Aker
Horizons, as a partner on a large-scale
green hydrogen and ammonia project in
Narvik, Norway.

The plant under development at
Kvandal in Narvik has a planned capa-
city of up to 600-MW and will be one
of the first large-scale plants for green
ammonia in Europe, with an expected
production of 1,000-1,500 tonnes per
day. The project aims to reach final in- look for opportunities for collabora- mium for green hydrogen, which is
vestment decision in 2025 and plans to tion with possible offtakers in Norway. currently more expensive than that
start commercial operations in 2028. Securing long-term sales agreements, produced from fossil fuels.
and further reducing costs and risks in
The project team from the Norwe- the project will be important prerequi- “The Norwegian and German Gov-
gian-based partners will develop and sites in the next project phase to make ernments have established a joint Task
mature the project together, with the the project competitive in the market Force to work on enabling the large-
aim of establishing a jointly owned being established for green ammonia scale supply of hydrogen from Norway
company, Narvik Green Ammonia DA. and hydrogen in Europe. to Germany by 2030. The partnership
Aker Horizons has so far signed letters established between Statkraft and Aker
of intent with several major European The EU has set a target to produce Horizons constitutes an important step
energy, industrial and chemical compa- 10-mt and import 10-mt of green forward in positioning Narvik Green
nies. hydrogen by 2030. Germany is introduc- Ammonia to contribute to this supply,”
ing support schemes that will increase said Mr. Sverre Isak Bjørn, Asset
Narvik Green Ammonia will also end-users’ willingness to pay the pre- Development Director, Aker Horizons.

CONTRACT MANUFACTURING
Vetter plans expansions to meet supply chain demand

Vetter, the German Contract Deve-
lopment and Manufacturing Organiza-
tion (CDMO), with extensive expertise
in aseptic filling and packaging, has
announced plans for additional invest-
ments to cater to growing customer
demand. It is investing €230-mn in its
new production building, currently un-
der construction at its headquarters in
Ravensburg, which will feature several
new commercial filling lines to increase
aseptic manufacturing capacity. The
first cleanrooms are likely by the end
of 2024.

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