Name: Project Yuri: The Future of Ammonia
Uploaded: 2024-01-17T05:27:47.949Z
Duration: 276.53
Description: Meet Lee Holder, Business Development Director for Yara Clean Ammonia in Australia, as he introduces the groundbreaking Yuri project. Yara is working with ENGIE and Mitsui to infuse an Australian ammonia plant with green hydrogen, creating the first green-certified ammonia.

Leigh Holder export 2.mp4

Leigh Holder 2.vtt

Subtitles

{{00:00:15}}
My name is Lee Holder.

{{00:00:16}}
I'm a business development director
for Yara Clean Ammonia in Australia.

{{00:00:20}}
The Yuri project was a collaboration
between Yara and ENGIE that was

{{00:00:23}}
put together four years ago and
involves Mitsui as a project partner.

{{00:00:28}}
The idea is that we are testing the
feasibility of the injection of green

{{00:00:32}}
hydrogen into an existing ammonia plant.

{{00:00:35}}
And the project, which went to FID
late last year, will produce the first

{{00:00:40}}
green ammonia molecules in Australia.

{{00:00:43}}
And they will be also the first green
certified molecules for sale in Australia.

{{00:00:48}}
What the project is intended to do is
it's intended to be a pilot project that

{{00:00:52}}
will kickstart the hydrogen industry
in Australia and place Australia in a

{{00:00:57}}
position where it's able to take advantage
of its vast solar and wind resources to

{{00:01:02}}
produce green ammonia as a decarbonisation
transition pathway into new use cases.

{{00:01:10}}
Those new use cases include ammonia
bunkering for ships and also in, coal fire

{{00:01:17}}
power stations in Asia, which are seen
as the key driving market opportunities.

{{00:01:22}}
In addition, it will also help to
decarbonize the ammonia industry

{{00:01:26}}
generally over the long term.

{{00:01:27}}
This includes carbon free fertilizers
in addition to the production of carbon

{{00:01:33}}
free technical ammonium nitrate that is
used in the production of explosives.

{{00:01:46}}
Well the Yuri project is really a
pilot project that is intended to

{{00:01:49}}
act as a foundation to kickstart
the hydrogen economy within Western

{{00:01:54}}
Australia and also across Australia.

{{00:01:57}}
It's the first renewable project that
has garnered the support of the West

{{00:02:03}}
Australian government and also the
Australian Renewable Energy Agency,

{{00:02:08}}
where renewable green hydrogen will
be injected into existing ammonia

{{00:02:14}}
plants and produced for export to Asian
customers and used across new use cases

{{00:02:21}}
for ammonia, which includes ships, ship
bunkering in fueling iron ore carriers

{{00:02:27}}
and also across carbon free fertilizers
and as a potential hydrogen carrier.

{{00:02:42}}
Look for green projects like for
green hydrogen projects, like

{{00:02:45}}
the Yuri project to come to life.

{{00:02:48}}
It requires a different look at the supply
chain for the production of ammonia.

{{00:02:52}}
Traditionally, the ammonia supply chain
has consisted of the supply of natural

{{00:02:56}}
gas into petrochemicals, and then there
needs to be an export supply chain.

{{00:03:02}}
What changes when you look at green
ammonia projects is the need for

{{00:03:06}}
grid infrastructure, the need for
large scale renewable generation

{{00:03:11}}
and also, the ammonia production and
trading piece, which adds on the end.

{{00:03:15}}
What that means is different players
need to be a part of the supply chain.

{{00:03:19}}
And that means forming collaborative
partnerships with infrastructure

{{00:03:22}}
developments in terms of transmission
infrastructure, in addition to large

{{00:03:26}}
scale renewable developers who are
interested in developing renewable

{{00:03:30}}
electricity sources that can feed
into green hydrogen production.

{{00:03:42}}
Well, the production of
green ammonia means that your

{{00:03:45}}
emissions footprint is reduced to
effectively a negligible amount.

{{00:03:50}}
That is in vast contrast to the
traditional production ammonia

{{00:03:54}}
production process, which is a
significant emitter globally currently.

{{00:03:59}}
It accounts for about four to five percent
of the world's annual CO2 emissions.

{{00:04:03}}
As a transition from both, from
a grey hydrogen production based

{{00:04:09}}
ammonia process to a green ammonia
production process it obviously

{{00:04:14}}
will significantly reduce emissions.

{{00:04:17}}
However, the green projects are not
without their challenges and Yara does

{{00:04:22}}
see that Carbon Capture and Storage
will need to play a significant role

{{00:04:27}}
in transitioning existing assets
within our current production profile.

I'm a business development director
for Yara Clean Ammonia in Australia.

The Yuri project was a collaboration
between Yara and ENGIE that was

put together four years ago and
involves Mitsui as a project partner.

The idea is that we are testing the
feasibility of the injection of green

And the project, which went to FID
late last year, will produce the first

And they will be also the first green
certified molecules for sale in Australia.

What the project is intended to do is
it's intended to be a pilot project that

will kickstart the hydrogen industry
in Australia and place Australia in a

position where it's able to take advantage
of its vast solar and wind resources to

produce green ammonia as a decarbonisation
transition pathway into new use cases.

Those new use cases include ammonia
bunkering for ships and also in, coal fire

power stations in Asia, which are seen
as the key driving market opportunities.

In addition, it will also help to
decarbonize the ammonia industry

This includes carbon free fertilizers
in addition to the production of carbon

free technical ammonium nitrate that is
used in the production of explosives.

Well the Yuri project is really a
pilot project that is intended to

act as a foundation to kickstart
the hydrogen economy within Western

It's the first renewable project that
has garnered the support of the West

Australian government and also the
Australian Renewable Energy Agency,

where renewable green hydrogen will
be injected into existing ammonia

plants and produced for export to Asian
customers and used across new use cases

for ammonia, which includes ships, ship
bunkering in fueling iron ore carriers

and also across carbon free fertilizers
and as a potential hydrogen carrier.

Look for green projects like for
green hydrogen projects, like

It requires a different look at the supply
chain for the production of ammonia.

Traditionally, the ammonia supply chain
has consisted of the supply of natural

gas into petrochemicals, and then there
needs to be an export supply chain.

What changes when you look at green
ammonia projects is the need for

grid infrastructure, the need for
large scale renewable generation

and also, the ammonia production and
trading piece, which adds on the end.

What that means is different players
need to be a part of the supply chain.

And that means forming collaborative
partnerships with infrastructure

developments in terms of transmission
infrastructure, in addition to large

scale renewable developers who are
interested in developing renewable

electricity sources that can feed
into green hydrogen production.

Well, the production of
green ammonia means that your

emissions footprint is reduced to
effectively a negligible amount.

That is in vast contrast to the
traditional production ammonia

production process, which is a
significant emitter globally currently.

It accounts for about four to five percent
of the world's annual CO2 emissions.

As a transition from both, from
a grey hydrogen production based

ammonia process to a green ammonia
production process it obviously

However, the green projects are not
without their challenges and Yara does

see that Carbon Capture and Storage
will need to play a significant role

in transitioning existing assets
within our current production profile.

Hydrogen Videos

Expert Insight

Meet Lee Holder, Business Development Director for Yara Clean Ammonia in Australia, as he introduces the groundbreaking Yuri project. Yara is working with ENGIE and Mitsui to infuse an Australian ammonia plant with green hydrogen, creating the first green-certified ammonia. 