Currently, ammonia’s primary use is for the manufacturing of fertilizers. Nitrate-based fertilizers are especially popular in Europe, and are regarded as low-hanging fruit for decarbonization.

To explore the possbility for renewable fertilizer in Europe, we welcome Birgitte Holter (Head of Yara Green and Low carbon fertilizer Solutions, Yara) & Theo Paquet (Regulatory and Green Ammonia Officer, Fertilizers Europe) will be joined in conversation by AEA Technology Manager Kevin Rouwenhorst.

0:00 Welcome & intro from Kevin

2:40 Birgitte Holter - Yara's progress towards renewable fertilizer
14:35 Theo Paquet - regulatory drivers & enablers for renewable fertilizer in the EU
(Theo's slides are available here: https://bit.ly/3dhqhcK)

Q&A
30:10 Off-takers willing to pay a premium?
31:30 How is the regulatory side of things shaping up to realize the new market?
33:30 Why does the "stick" approach work well for emissions reduction in nitric acid production?
34:55 How does Yara work together with downstream users (especially farmers) to ensure efficient use?
39:05 Decarbonizing urea production?
41:30 Picking locations for renewable ammonia production
44:10 Different incentives in different areas of Europe?
45:45 Are there sufficient government incentives to reward first-movers?
49:50 Any moves from countries to capture local ammonia production for their own needs (food/energy security)?
50:45 Eastern Europe
52:35 Looking ahead five years: what is your best-case outcome, and what do you realistically think will have happened?

57:21 Next month's webinar
(Register here for our Renewable ammonia in progress webinar: https://bit.ly/3TuCQ4Y)