Manufacturing-Journal | 7 |a significantly reduced product carbon footprint. For BASF, the new plant would act as backward integration to serve the company’s demand for low-carbon am-monia and would lower the carbon foot-print of its ammonia-based products.“This project underlines BASF’s com-mitment to drive the sustainable trans-formation of the chemical industry. Our existing Verbund sites in the region with integrated material flows and advanced infrastructure would be ideally suited for the integration of a new world-scale ammonia facility that has the potential to significantly improve the carbon foot-print of both our own operations and the various industries we serve,” said Dr. Ramkumar Dhruva, President Mono-mers Division, BASF.BASF and Yara are long-standing col-laboration partners and successfully operating a joint world-scale ammonia plant at BASF’s site in Freeport, Texas. The companies plan to complete the feasibility study on the low-carbon blue ammonia production facility by end of 2023. The product characteristics of blue ammonia are identical to con-ventionally produced ammonia. Since the CO2 generated in the production process is captured and not released to the atmosphere, blue ammonia plays a significant role in the transition to alter-native, less carbon-intensive products. BASF aims to reduce its absolute CO2 emissions by 25 percent by 2030 com-pared to 2018 and achieve net zero CO2 emissions by 2050. Yara has a strong track record in greenhouse gas abate-ment. Since becoming a listed com-pany in 2004, Yara has almost halved its emissions and will reduce a further 30 percent by 2030. Yara aims to become climate-neutral and grow a nature-pos-itive food future.About BASFAt BASF, we create chemistry for a sus-tainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. More than 111,000 employees in the BASF Group contribute to the success of our cus-tomers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfo-lio comprises six segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care and Agri-cultural Solutions. BASF generated sales of €87.3 billion in 2022. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchange in Frank-furt (BAS) and as American Depositary Receipts (BASFY) in the United States. About Yara Clean AmmoniaYara grows knowledge to responsibly feed the world and protect the planet. Yara Clean Ammonia is uniquely posi-tioned to enable the hydrogen economy in a market expected to grow substan-tially over the next decades. We aim at significantly strengthening our leading global position as the world’s largest am-monia distributor, unlocking the green and blue value chains, and driving the development of clean ammonia globally.Building on Yara’s leading experience within global ammonia production, lo-gistics and trade, Yara Clean Ammonia works towards capturing growth oppor-tunities in low-emission fuel for shipping and power, carbon-free food pro-duction and ammonia for industrial applications.More info: www.basf.com
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