{"id":15465,"date":"2025-08-17T16:04:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T10:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=15465"},"modified":"2025-08-18T21:55:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T16:25:00","slug":"green-ammonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/green-ammonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Ammonia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Green Ammonia Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Larsen &amp; Toubro\u2019s (L&amp;T), green molecules arm L&amp;T Energy Greentech, recently bagged the tender for building India\u2019s biggest green hydrogen plant at Indian Oil Corporation Ltd\u2019s (IOCL) Panipat refinery.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Green Ammonia<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Ammonia (NH3) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a nitrogen and hydrogen based chemical compound widely used in the production of fertilisers and industrial chemicals.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ammonia is<\/span><b> currently produced from natural gas <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and, in its production process, <\/span><b>emits 2 tonnes of CO\u2082 for every tonne of ammonia.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For this reason, conventional ammonia is<\/span><b> referred to as grey ammonia.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Green ammonia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, on the other hand, <\/span><b>does not emit CO\u2082 in its production process.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Green Ammonia <\/b><b>Production Process<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To produce green ammonia,<\/span><b> green hydrogen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> must first be <\/span><b>obtained through <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a process of<\/span><b> water electrolysis.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That is, <\/span><b>water <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is<\/span><b> decomposed into hydrogen and oxygen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, using electrical energy generated from renewable sources.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hydrogen is then <\/span><b>combined with atmospheric nitrogen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through a process known as <\/span><b>Haber-Bosch synthesis, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which allows hydrogen and nitrogen to react at <\/span><b>high pressure and temperature<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>presence of a catalyst<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to form ammonia.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> end result<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the production of <\/span><b>green ammonia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> using green hydrogen and atmospheric nitrogen.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Green ammonia production is where the process of making ammonia is <\/span><b>100% renewable and carbon-free.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Green Ammonia <\/b><b>Applications<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is widely used in the <\/span><b>production of agricultural fertilisers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as ammonia is an essential <\/span><b>source of nitrogen for plant growth.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also used as a <\/span><b>raw material<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the production of a variety of<\/span><b> chemical products,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as<\/span><b> nitric acid, synthetic fibres, explosives, dyes, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>pharmaceuticals<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can be used in <\/span><b>fuel for engines<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as locomotives and shipping, replacing diesel and marine fuel oil.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can be used as a <\/span><b>fuel source for electricity power generation.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moneycontrol.com\/news\/interview\/after-kandla-l-t-to-build-1-8-million-tonne-green-ammonia-facility-at-paradip-port-13439700.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Green ammonia, also known as renewable ammonia, is a form of ammonia that is produced using renewable energy 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