Clean ammonia, produced by reacting either “blue” or “green” hydrogen with nitrogen, is emerging as one of the most highly touted low-carbon energy sources of the future, thanks largely to massive tax incentives provided by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Skeptics may question the extent to which clean ammonia — and clean hydrogen, on which it’s based — can realistically take market share from natural gas and coal as leading power-plant fuels over the next 20 to 30 years, but there’s a lot to be said for them and, as wind- and solar-power developers have already come to appreciate, billions of dollars in governmental support can do wonders. In today’s RBN blog, we continue our look at the growing list of U.S. clean ammonia projects now under development.
This is the third episode in our clean ammonia blog series. In Part 1, we said that all the talk about the potential for clean ammonia is finally morphing into the reality of clean ammonia project announcements, engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) contracts and final investment decisions (FIDs). There are two primary drivers behind the shift from talk to action: (1) the supercharged tax credits for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) in the IRA and (2) the expanding efforts by power generators in Japan and South Korea in particular to make clean ammonia an important part of their fuel mix going forward. A third impetus is growing interest by global shippers, who see clean ammonia — and the clean hydrogen packed in each molecule — as a low-carbon bunker fuel worth pursuing.
RBN’s U.S. Gulf Coast Hydrogen Infrastructure Map lays out the pipelines and merchant hydrogen plants that make up the gulf coast market, providing an unprecedented snapshot of the region’s hydrogen infrastructure network.
In Part 2, we discussed five of the 10 big-dollar ammonia projects being planned in the Lower 48, namely OCI’s 1.1-million-ton-per-annum (MMtpa) project in Beaumont, TX (scheduled to begin commercial operation in 2025); Air Products & Chemicals’ clean-hydrogen/clean-ammonia megaproject in Ascension Parish, LA (online in 2026); Adams Fork Energy’s project in West Virginia (the only one not sited along the Texas-Louisiana coast), which is planning a 2026-27 startup; Nutrien’s proposed 1.2-MMtpa clean ammonia facility in Geismar, LA (targeting a 2027 online date); and Ascension Clean Energy’s (ACE) potentially gargantuan project — up to 7.1 MMtpa of ammonia production — in Donaldson, LA, which could start up as soon as late 2027.
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About the song
“It’s Time” was written by Ben McKee, Dan Reynolds and Daniel Wayne Sermon. It appears as the fifth song on Imagine Dragons’ fifth EP, Continued Silence. Released as the first single from the EP in February 2012, it went to #3 on the Billboard Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles charts. After the song was covered on the American musical comedy television series Glee, it started getting heavy rotation on other television shows and commercials. Later in the year, the song appeared on Imagine Dragons’ first full-length LP, Night Visions. It has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Personnel on the record were: Dan Reynolds (vocals), Wayne Sermon (guitar, mandolin), Ben McKee (bass), Andrew Tolman (drums, backing vocals), and Brittany Tolman (keyboards, backing vocals).
Continued Silence was recorded in late 2011 at Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood with Alex da Kid producing. The EP was released in February 2012, and went to #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and #40 on the Billboard 200 Albums charts. Four of the songs from Continued Silence would be included on the band's debut album, Night Visions. Two singles were released from the EP.
Imagine Dragons is an American pop rock band formed in Las Vegas in 2008. The core of the band has been members Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon, Ben McKee and Daniel Platzman. Ten members have passed through the group since its formation. They have released six studio albums, four live albums, 10 EPs, one compilation album and 27 singles and have sold more than 46 million albums and 55 million singles worldwide — making them one of the best-selling bands in history. Imagine Dragons has won three American Music Awards, 10 Billboard Music Awards, eight BMI Pop Music Awards, four Grammy Awards, one MTV Video Music Award and one World Music Award. They continue to record and will begin an international tour this month.
