Norwegian green ammonia

Hy2gen, which specialises in the design and build of green hydrogen facilities, is undertaking a feed study in order to build a facility for green ammonia production in the municipality of Sauda.

“When we started looking for a location for our green ammonia plant in Norway, Sauda emerged as the epitome,” said Cyril Dufau-Sansot, CEO of the Hy2gen Group.

”The accessibility to abundant green energy from hydropower, a good harbour for exports, an attractive production site, a long regional industry history, and above all, the positive reception of the local authorities and businesses, encouraged us to choose Sauda as the future home of Iverson eFuels AS in Norway.”

Sigificant investment

This green ammonia production facility, named Iverson eFuels AS, will be owned by Hy2gen, Trafigura, an independent commodity trading companies and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), a Danish fund management company focused on renewable energy infrastructure.

The consortium plans to invest significant capital in the production, storage and shipping facility which will bring jobs to the local community.

The Iverson project will have an initial electrolyser capacity of 240 megawatts to produce 600 metric tonnes of green ammonia per day, with the aim to significantly scale up production in the future. 

Together with Norconsult, a pre-study was completed in 2021 and the project owners have now started the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) phase, resulting in a full plan for the construction of the facility by 2023.

Following a final investment decision, the commencement of construction is scheduled in the first quarter of 2024 and the facility will be fully operational at the beginning of 2027.

The project is supported by Agenda Vest and the UllaFørre fund.