Located in A Coruña, the facility will use renewable electricity to produce green hydrogen, which will be converted into green ammonia.

As the technology provider and engineering contractor, the US-based firm will undertake early design work for Ignis to prove the project is technically and economically viable.

The Spanish renewables and energy infrastructure company will develop the overall initiative, secure the required permits, funding, and offtake agreements, and supply the renewable power.

“KBR’s green ammonia solutions, along with complementary technologies such as H2Act ammonia cracking, make us a global leader in delivering reliable and energy-efficient ammonia technology at a lower capital cost,” said KBR President Jay Ibrahim.

H2 View understands that KBR has designed or built over 260 ammonia plants worldwide. The company also claims its ammonia synthesis technology can reduce capital costs and improve energy efficiency.

The collaboration between KBR and Ignis comes as the latter recalibrates its hydrogen strategy, following a scaling back of a planned gigawatt-scale green hydrogen and ammonia project in Chile last March, amid slower-than-expected market development.