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South Korea Could Be Asia’s Green Ammonia Hub

South Korea Could Be Asia’s Green Ammonia Hub

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It was March that South Korea’s LOTTE Fine Chemical announced that it has successfully completed the world’s first commercial cross-border import of green ammonia. Then on April 23, the Ulsan Port Authority

It was March that South Korea’s LOTTE Fine Chemical announced that it has successfully completed the world’s first commercial cross-border import of green ammonia. Then on April 23, the Ulsan Port Authority announced the successful completion of the world’s first ammonia bunkering operation involving a gas carrier at the port – a world first port-to-ship ammonia bunkering operation.

This milestone builds on Ulsan Port’s earlier achievements, including the world’s first methanol bunkering demonstration and simultaneous LNG bunkering operations for car carriers.

The ammonia bunkering fueled Exmar’s newly-launched Antwerpen, and the company imported green ammonia from Envision Group, a green technology company in China. The shipment was stored at LOTTE Fine Chemical’s ammonia terminal in Ulsan, the largest ammonia terminal in Asia.

The green ammonia was produced entirely using wind and solar power at the world’s largest green hydrogen and ammonia production complex, the Chifeng Net Zero Industrial Park, built by Envision in Inner Mongolia.

LOTTE Fine Chemical plans to use the imported green ammonia to meet growing demand for carbon-free energy applications, including ammonia bunkering, co-firing power generation, and as a clean hydrogen carrier.

The company aims to position itself as the top clean ammonia hub in

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