Ammonia is perhaps best known as a household cleaner or the chemical that makes your pee smell.
Thats more than the UKs total emissions last year.
The process, it claims, emits no carbon.
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Democratising nutrients
The nitrolyzer system is designed to produce green ammonia directly at farms.
The farmer would be able to specify the concentrationthey would like and the system would generate it on-demand.
This would require about 450 litres of water a day.
Similar to aTeslabattery pack, the nitrolyzer can be scaled up or down depending on requirement.
You simply add or subtract one of the modules.
Our technology makes it possible to produce ammonia locally and puts the end user in control of the production.
This impactedfood securityacross the globe.
Demand for ammonia ispredictedto triple by 2050, the same year the sector must reach net zero emissions.
This means demand for local and green ammonia production will accelerate quickly going forward, Andersen predicts.
BackingMinds, for one, looks to be a first mover on the technology.
The firm bills itself as Europes only VC focusing entirely on blind spots underinvested areas in critical industries.
In the future, ammoniacould also play a key role in transporting and storing green hydrogen.
The chemical could also itself be burned as azero-carbon fuelfor ships, planes, and cars.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, we may be entering the era of pee-powered transport.
Story bySion Geschwindt
Sion is a freelance science and technology reporter, specialising in climate and energy.
