AmmPower and the Port of South Louisiana explore ammonia project

The Port of South Louisana is the largest tonnage port in the Western Hemisphere, servicing over $57 billion in exports, and $18 billion in imports every year. Stretching 54 miles along the Mississippi River, it ranks first among ports in the U.S. for total domestic trade and second in total foreign trade. It houses over 40 liquid and bulk terminals and serves as the number two energy transfer port in the country, currently housing four major oil and seven crude oil storage terminals.

The companies will identify a potential site for the project and explore the economic, structural, commercial, financial and logistical feasibility of developing a large green hydrogen and ammonia facility, to produce, store and distribute green ammonia for use as a carbon free fuel and a carrier of hydrogen energy. The facility, based upon future feasibility studies, could produce up to 4,000 tonnes of green ammonia per day. This could provide fuel for over 4,500 oceangoing vessels a year and provide green ammonia for use domestically and for export.

AmmPower estimates that the cost of the potential project will be upwards of US$1 billion and that construction and development will take approximately 39 months from the time a decision is made to proceed. The company has engaged a large, experienced engineering, procurement and construction company to complete a feasibility report, which is currently underway.

AmmPower owns the Whabouchi South lithium exploration property located in the James Bay/Eeyou Istche region of Quebec and holds an option over the Titan Property located in the Klotz Lake area in north-western Ontario. In addition, together with its partner, ORF Technologies Inc., based in Toronto, Canada, the company is working on the development of a proprietary solution to produce green ammonia and green hydrogen and is also investigating revolutionary catalyst methods to react nitrogen and hydrogen together with the aim of creating 100% clean, and cost effective green (renewable electricity electrolysis-route), blue (natural gas reformation based), and turquise (natural gas pyrolysis route) ammonia.