Norwegian chemical company Yara International has opened the largest green hydrogen and green ammonia production facility in Europe at Herøya Industrial Park, Norway.

During an inauguration event, the Prime Minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr Støre, officially opened Yara’s 24MW renewable hydrogen plant at Herøya Industrial Park.

Hydrogen at the plant is produced with electrolysis of water and renewable energy, replacing natural gas as feedstock. This shift is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 41,000 tonnes annually from the site.

Since it was founded in 1905, Yara has established itself as a global crop nutrition company, producing, distributing and selling nitrogen-based mineral fertilisers and related industrial products.

Its ambition now is to drive the green transition in fertiliser production, shipping and other energy-intensive industries, and will do so by producing ammonia with significantly lower emissions.

Yara has already started producing renewable hydrogen and green...