EAH co-hosts Alicia Eastman and Patrick Molloy sat down with Karen Baert, the CEO and co-founder of Ammobia to learn about their high-efficiency innovation of the ammonia production process. We also discussed the role of ammonia and the challenges that clean tech innovators face.

About Karen Baert:

Karen has extensive experience across the sector having completed her Bachelors in Mechanical and Chemical Engineering in Brussels, Master in renewable energy at the Technical University Berlin, and MBA at Stanford University. Karen spent several years at Bain & Co., and worked with Breakthrough Energy Ventures, as well as Stanford GSB Impact fund, before co-founding Ammobia. Karen and her Co-founder and CTO are taking on the 100 year-old Haber Bosch process by developing their own reactor which offers potential for improved efficiencies in ammonia production with less emissions and lower capex.

About Ammobia:

Ammobia is developing Haber Bosch 2.0 - an innovative low cost, flexible process for clean ammonia production from clean hydrogen and air. They leverage the latest advances in materials science and catalysis to produce clean ammonia at low cost. Their processes and systems work across production scales and modes and they expect:

- to require one third the capex

- ⁠increased safety & flexibility (running directly on renewables)

- ⁠80-90% lower emissions

- ⁠10x reduction in pressure

- ⁠150°C reduction in temperature

US-based Ammobia closed an oversubscribed, US$4.2 million funding round in April. Led by Starlight Ventures and including Collaborative Fund, Chevron Technology Ventures, Arosa Capital, Zero Infinity Partners, R7, DNX Ventures and Plug and Play Tech Center, the funds will support a 1000x scale-up of Ammobia’s next-generation synthesis technology.

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Links:

https://www.ammobia.co/

https://ammoniaenergy.org/articles/funding-for-ammonia-energy-startups-in-2024/

https://www.axios.com/pro/climate-deals/2024/04/03/ammobia-funding-green-ammonia

EAH co-hosts Alicia Eastman and Patrick Molloy sat down with Amy Hebert, the CEO of Arcadia eFuels and learned more about Arcadia goals to produce future fuels that protect our environment and power the world. Learn more about Arcadia projects in Denmark, the United Kingdom and the United States as well as Project SkyPower, which Amy co-Chairs, paving the way for the first large-scale eSAF plants in Europe to reach Final Investment Decision by the end of 2025.

About Amy Hebert:

Amy Hebert has more than 25 years of global industry experience and 12 years in executive leadership focused on the refining, chemical and polymer markets. She has expertise in all aspects of business management including developing and executing long term business strategy while managing overall financial wellbeing; managing joint ventures, new plant construction, and plant expansions from idea, through design and startup. Most recently, she was Deputy CEO and Chief Commercial Officer for Haldor Topsoe, and prior to that Vice President Europe with Celanese and Global Vice President Catalysts at Albemarle.

Amy holds a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. Amy is also a supervisory board member, nomination and audit committee member of specialty chemicals player IMCD (formerly International-Müller Chemical Distribution).

About Arcadia eFuels:

Arcadia eFuels is creating net zero carbon fuels that use existing infrastructure and work in existing engines. Arcadia leverages proven technology in a novel way to meet the significantly outpaced market demand.

Arcadia intends to build multiple plants that will each produce 80,000 tons (100 million liters or 28 million gallons) of eFuels per year.

Specifically, Arcadia will produce eDiesel and electro sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF) to power the hard to abate long haul transportation sectors such as aviation and shipping.

Beginning with renewable electricity, Arcadia will make green hydrogen, then combine carbon dioxide from direct air capture and/or other biogenic carbon sources to produce syngas. Further processing produces carbon neutral eFuels such as eSaf, eDiesel, eNaptha, and LPG.

The carbon neutral eFuels can be used by existing cars, trucks, ships, and airplanes as a complete replacement for fossil fuels.

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Links:

www.arcadiaefuels.com

www.project-skypower.org

This week on EAH we have the CEO of C2X. Producing green fuels is no easy business, and among the many challenges, finding that elusive offtake often ranks high on the investor concern list. But C2X is a little different. Backed by A.P. Moller Holdings, the company has a unique understanding of how to find compelling commercial propositions for customers.

C2X is also a leader in the development of new large scale green methanol projects. Starting with their flagship project in Louisiana, the company looks to develop projects with both biofuel based green methanol and e-methanol derived from electrolysis and biogenic CO2. This provides a unique perspective on both old and new technologies for green fuel production, and how to close the gap.

As our first EAH episode dedicated to green methanol (and its role in fuels like SAF), we couldn’t have found someone better!

About Brian Davis:

Before joining C2X as CEO in July 2023, Brian enjoyed a 32-year international career at Shell including assignments as SVP of Global Energy Solutions, Head of Corporate Strategy for the Shell Group and SVP of Shell Chemicals. After leaving Shell he served as EVP and Chief Commercial Officer for Marathon Petroleum Corporation based in San Antonio, Texas. More recently, he was a senior advisor to multiple companies around the world focused on scaling up solutions to accelerate the energy transition.

Brian earned a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Sydney, Australia. He has lived and worked in Australia, the UK, the USA, Turkey, The Netherlands, and Barbados.

About C2X:

C2X focuses on scaling up the production of affordable green methanol to facilitate transition to use of renewable fuels and renewable chemicals across multiple industries.

Links:

C2X - www.c2xglobal.com

Maersk - www.maersk.com

A.P. Moller Holdings - www.apmoller.com