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Western Australian fertiliser company Yara Pilbara (YP) plans to progress its decarbonisation efforts by partnering with Japanese engineering company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) at its 800,000 t/yr Pilbara ammonia plant in the Burrup Peninsula, Western Australia.
YP, a subsidiary of Norway based fertilizer firm Yara, has signed a memorandum of understanding with MHI to develop a lower-carbon ammonia value chain, the firm said on 29 September. The collaboration will focus on creating lower-carbon ammonia, including exploring post-combustion carbon capture compression at Pilbara. Lower-carbon ammonia bunkering and lower-carbon fuels are potential outcomes of the partnership.
MHI will contribute post-combustion carbon capture and hydrogen and ammonia combustion technologies.
YP's decarbonisation efforts in Australia also include a renewable hydrogen production facility, which was slated for start-up in 2024. Yara has not yet provided an updated timeline for comissioning but says construction is "well advanced".
YP is one of three fertilizer facilities that emit over 100,000 t/yr of scope 1 CO2 emissions equivalent (CO2e), putting it under Australia's safeguard mechanism. The Pilbara ammonia plant emitted 1.36mn t of CO2e in the financial year ending 30 June 2024 and surrendered 9,629 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs). The firm will not be eligible for ACCUs if its CCS project goes ahead. But the firm could apply for safeguard mechanism credits if its scope 1 emissions fall below the baseline.
