A $3 billion clean ammonia production plant is advancing in southern West Virginia with construction expected to begin in 2024, Kallanish reports.

The project is being led by Adams Fork Energy and the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe. It is expected to have an initial blue ammonia production capacity of 2.16 million tonnes. That is equal to 300,000 t/y of hydrogen. It would be the largest clean ammonia facility in the United States. The plant will initially produce 6,000 t/day.

The project has signed an agreement with CNX Resources to provide natural gas and carbon sequestration services. The project is expected to have a low-carbon footprint.

The project is envisioned as the anchor project in the ARCH2 Hydrogen Hub plan being developed in West Virginia and three other states in the Northern Appalachian region. A funding application for the regional hub is pending before the US Department of Energy.

The plant will be built on 150 acres near Gilbert Creek in West Virginia’s Mingo County. The ammonia production technology will be provided by Denmark-based Haldor Topsoe.