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India’s AM Green wins H2Global Asia ammonia contract

  • Märkte: Hydrogen
  • 30.09.26

Indian renewable ammonia developer AM Green has won the Asian lot in the second round of Germany's H2Global programme, with ammonia to be supplied from the second phase of its Kakinada project in Andhra Pradesh.

H2Global's implementing agency Hintco selected AM Green as the sole winner of the Asia lot, awarding the company a 10-year purchase agreement for renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBO) ammonia with a minimum value of €585mn. Deliveries are expected to start in 2029, but volumes or delivered prices have not been disclosed. Hintco said it may buy additional volumes using proceeds generated through sales into the European market, which will be carried out through separate buy-side auctions.

The award forms part of H2Global's second auction round, which opened in 2025 with funding of €2.5bn and included separate regional procurement lots covering Asia, Africa, North America and South America/Oceania. Bidding rounds closed in March 2026. Hintco expects to publish full auction results, including for the other lots, later this year.

UAE-based fertiliser company Fertiglobe was the sole winner of a first round held in 2022-23. The firm is due to deliver 397,000t to Germany in 2027-33 at a price of €1,000/t, but buy-side auctions for the supply have yet to be held.

AM Green took a final investment decision on the Kakinada plant in 2024. The firm plans to set up 500,000 t/yr ammonia production capacity in a first phase and to double this in the second stage. Output from the first phase is already covered by a binding offtake agreement with German utility Uniper.

The H2Global award therefore provides an offtake route for additional production capacity beyond volumes already committed under the Uniper agreement.

But the funds would arguably cover less than 20pc of planned production from the plant's second phase.

In India's tender for domestic renewable ammonia supply, winning bids were in a range of 49.75-64.74 rupees/kg, which equates to $519-675/t or €457-595/t. Based on this range, the €58.5mn/yr could support 98,300-128,000 t/yr. But delivered costs to Germany would also have to account for freight. Adding $200/t, or €176/t, for freight costs would reduce the range to 75,900-92,400 t/yr.

Moreover, providing RFNBO-compliant supply — which was not a requirement in India's tender — could be considerably more expensive. Argus calculates RFNBO-compliant production costs for India at $800/t, or €705/t. At this level, the €58.5mn/yr might only suffice for 66,400 t/yr, again assuming $200/t in freight costs.

AM Green is converting an existing gas-based ammonia and urea complex at Kakinada into the renewable ammonia production facility. The plant will use alkaline electrolysers from Belgian firm John Cockerill's Chinese branch, powered by renewable electricity and backed by pumped-hydro storage.


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