Scaling Up Hydrogen: The Case for LowCarbon Ammonia
• Ammonia is one of the most common industrial chemicals and represents a $76 billion
market. It is essential for the agriculture sector, with more than 75% of ammonia produced
being used to make fertilizers. Other applications include mining explosives and the
manufacture of nylon.
• Today, ammonia is made with natural gas or coal, and its production and use account for
2% of the world’s CO2 emissions. Decarbonizing ammonia will not only lead to emissions
savings for agriculture, it will also open the door for ammonia to play a role as a clean fuel
for shipping and power generation.
• But for this opportunity to be realized, and for the world to meet its net-zero goals, largescale projects must begin to produce low-carbon ammonia in the coming few years. There is no lack of ambition among developers: the pipeline of low-carbon ammonia projects waiting to get built by 2035 is large enough to decarbonize most of the 187 million tons of ammonia
currently used each year
Ammonia and Hydrogen
