В Марокко будет построен завод по выпуску зеленого аммиака
Новый проект по производству зеленого аммиака заявлен в Марокко. При этом ожидается, что выпуск продукта к 2026 г. достигнет 183 тыс. т/год. Торговая компания Vitol подписала меморандум о взаимопонимании, согласно которому будет продавать объемы, полученные на предприятии.
Проект под названием Hevo Ammonia Morocco реализуют ирландская компания Fusion Fuel, владеющая технологией производства зеленого водорода, и ближневосточная строительная компания Consolidated Contractors. Точное место строительства завода еще не согласовано, но, как ожидается, предприятие будет расположено вблизи Джорф-Ласфара, Эс-Сувейры или Агадира, сообщил Fusion Fuel.
Строительство этого завода станет для Марокко самым крупномасштабным проектом, связанным с выпуском зеленого аммиака и зеленого водорода. По предварительным подсчетам, общий объем инвестиций составит примерно $850 млн. Реализация первой стадии проекта, как ожидается, начнется в 2022 г. после завершения подготовки технико-экономического обоснования. После выхода на полную мощность предприятие будет выпускать 183 тыс. т/год зеленого аммиака. В результате выбросы CO2 сократятся на 280 тыс. т/год.
Fusion Fuel предоставит технологию производства 31 тыс. т/год зеленого водорода, которая необходима для данного проекта.
Марокко изучает потенциал производства зеленого аммиака с целью уменьшить свою зависимость от импорта серого аммиака, необходимого для выпуска фосфорсодержащих удобрений. В Джорф-Ласфар ввозится около 1,8 млн т/год серого аммиака. В то же время страна стремится стать экспортером аммиака, если подобные проекты будут реализованы. Vitol, как ожидается, будет продавать зеленый аммиак с проекта Hevo в Европе и других близлежащих регионах.
«У нас в избытке солнечная и ветровая энергия, которую можно использовать для производства зеленого аммиака без выбросов углерода. И это стратегическая возможность для Марокко сыграть одну из ведущих ролей в процессе декарбонизации мировой экономики», — заявил министр энергетики, горнодобывающей промышленности и окружающей среды Азиз Рабба. «Мы считаем, что этот амбициозный проект станет краеугольным камнем водородной стратегии Марокко и позволит нашей стране закрепиться на позициях одного из крупных экспортеров аммиака на международном рынке», — добавил он.
Рут Шарп / Татьяна Давыдова
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