Minbos Resources Limited has announced that the results of its technical study on the Capanda Green Ammonia Project affirm the project as one of the most promising green ammonia efforts globally.
The study’s main purpose was to determine the technical feasibility of the Capanda project, including defining all the required process units and plant configurations based on the available renewable electricity and estimates on the capital expenditure and operating expenditure for the project to a Class 5 AACE R18-97 level.
It also aims to determine and potentially optimise the entire plant configuration based on the available green electricity supply indicated by Minbos, corresponding to ~200 MWh.
The basis of the study was the utilisation of 200 MW of hydroelectric power available to Minbos under its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Angolan network operator RNT from the Capanda Hydroelectric Dam to produce green ammonia, of which 50 per cent would be used to produce calcium ammonium nitrate fertiliser and the other 50 per cent for ammonium nitrate for the mining sector.
Minbos technology partner Stamicarbon, the innovation and licence company of the Maire Tecnimont Group S.p.A, completed the study.
The study defines a carbon-free facility, avoiding using natural gas or any other carbon-based raw material, through the production of green hydrogen obtained through water electrolysis and nitrogen obtained from the air using an air separation unit to produce green ammonia, the basis of the final products.
“This is a well-conceived project from both a technical conceptual basis as well as from an economic standpoint. We are honoured to be involved and will continue to support to see it come to reality,” Stamicarbon Director of Technology Licensing Dave Franz said.
According to Minbos CEO Lindsay Reed, the project will have a strong competitive advantage, including competitive and installed green electricity pricing, a genuinely zero-carbon project, high-quality water and proximity to markets recognised as the gold standard for viable green-hydrogen ammonia projects.
