A feasibility study is being carried outinto a new open-access green ammonia import terminal along the northwest coast ofmainland Europe.
Fluxys, Advario Stolthaven Antwerp and Advario Gas Terminal have joined forces to study the feasibility of building an open-access green ammonia import terminal at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges.
”Combining and leveraging our terminalling and technology expertise will enable us to fast-track the development of key solutions for importing low-carbon energy and feedstock. This project is a landmark venture in helping build the infrastructure to carry the molecules needed for a carbon-neutral society,” saidPascal De Buck, CEO Fluxys.
“The partnership is studying the feasibility of building an open-access green ammonia import terminal at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges” “/ / 
Source: Fluxys
The partnership is studying the feasibility of building an open-access green ammonia import terminal at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges
Robust solution
The plan is to offer the market a robust solution to its growing demands for importing and storing green energy and raw materials against a backdrop of ongoing decarbonisation.
By combining their strengths and expertise in logistics, terminalling and pipeline transmission, Fluxys, Advario Stolthaven Antwerp (a 50-50 joint venture with Stolthaven Terminals) and Advario Gas Terminal want to ascertain the optimum ammonia terminalling solution for northwest Europe.
The future terminal will deliver storage and multimodal sendout solutions for ammonia (train, truck, barge and possibly ammonia pipelines connected to local industrial sites), while optionally also providing facilities to convert ammonia back into hydrogen.
The terminal will also connect to the Fluxys open-access hydrogen network to ensure supply throughout northwest Europe.
It’s a plan which dovetails with the partners’ strategy for implementing Europe’s hydrogen strategy and the REPowerEU plan, which has set a target of 20 million tonnes of green hydrogen consumption by 2030, one fifth of which should be ammonia imports.
The partners aim to have the terminal operational in 2027.
