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Ammonia from solid fuels: A cost-effective route to energy security with negative CO2 emissions

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  • Arnaiz del Pozo, Carlos
  • Cloete, Schalk
  • Jiménez Álvaro, Ángel

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This study investigates a potential solution to the global challenge of secure, affordable, and low-carbon energy supply: ammonia production from local coal and biomass resources with CO2 capture for negative emissions. Two innovative configurations; an E-gas gasifier with membrane-assisted water-gas shift and an air-blown MHI gasifier design, are compared with an oxygen-blown GE gasifier benchmark. Under the baseline cost assumptions of 2.5 €/GJ for coal, 6.1 €/GJ for biomass, and a CO2 tax of 100 €/ton, the GE configuration reached a levelized cost of ammonia (LCOA) of 391.5 €/ton, while the E-gas and MHI concepts showed 59.0 (−15.1%) and 18.6 (4.8%) €/ton lower and higher costs, respectively. Subsequent benchmarking against alternative ammonia supply pathways showed that the energy security offered by the E-gas configuration comes at a premium of around 40% over ammonia imported at cost from natural gas exporting regions, which will be cheaper than liquified natural gas if the CO2 price exceeds 60.9 €/ton. Since prices of imported energy are generally well above the cost of production, the carbon-negative energy security offered by the proposed plants can be economically attractive to importers with rising CO2 taxes. Thus, policy support for establishing local ammonia value chains can be recommended.

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  • Arnaiz del Pozo, Carlos & Cloete, Schalk & Jiménez Álvaro, Ángel, 2023. "Ammonia from solid fuels: A cost-effective route to energy security with negative CO2 emissions," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 278(PA).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:278:y:2023:i:pa:s0360544223012744
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2023.127880
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