Alkeymia advances in the development of a new industrial plant for the production of green hydrogen and ammonia in Palencia: Project Demeter
Palencia, October 17th, 2024 - The Regional Ministry of Environment, Housing, and Territorial Planning has initiated the Public Information process for the environmental impact study and the basic project for the Integrated Environmental Authorization of the green hydrogen and ammonia production plant to be located in the El Portal industrial park, within the municipal area of Baltanás (Palencia), promoted by Alkeymia.
The company Alkeymia plans to build a plant to produce hydrogen and ammonia from renewable sources in the municipality of Baltanás. Specifically, the facilities are expected to be installed in the industrial park of the historic capital of Cerrato, spanning 25 plots.
This information was published in yesterday’s edition of the Official Bulletin of Castilla y León (Bocyl), which opens the environmental authorization request and the environmental impact study to public consultation.
The so-called Project Demeter will include two plants: one dedicated to green hydrogen production with an electrolysis capacity of up to 200 MW, which will supply the ammonia plant. The project aims to produce 30,000 tons of hydrogen and 160,000 tons of green ammonia annually, the latter to be used in the production of fertilizers, chemicals, or the pharmaceutical industry.
ADVANCING TOWARD DECARBONIZATION
With the Public Information process for the Deméter project underway, by the end of 2024, Alkeymia expects to have four projects that have reached this stage, amounting to approximately 1,000 MW of electrolysis capacity in various regions of the Iberian Peninsula (Castilla y León and Andalusia). These projects are projected to produce a total of 300,000 tons of green ammonia and 250,000 tons of green methanol annually, contributing to the decarbonization of the chemical (fertilizer and derivative production) and maritime industries, which will use these molecules as fuel.
The group currently has a portfolio of over 2,000 MW of electrolysis capacity under development. The company harnesses electricity from its wind and photovoltaic projects to produce hydrogen, which in turn is used as a vector in the synthesis of sustainable industrial derivatives such as methanol or ammonia, among others.