- A low-carbon ammonia production facility has become operational in Morris, Minnesota, powered by wind energy to produce one ton of ammonia per day for local fertilizer use.
- The plant uses dynamic modeling and control systems to adjust ammonia production rates in response to fluctuating renewable energy supply, reducing the need for costly hydrogen storage.
- The project is a collaboration between the University of Minnesota, RTI International, and Casale, aiming to stabilize fertilizer prices and supply chains, with potential expansion to farmer cooperative-owned hubs.
- Produced ammonia can be stored in nurse tanks or combined with carbon dioxide from ethanol production to create urea, the most common fertilizer in Minnesota.