Tsubame BHB Co., Ltd., which offers technologies to enable on-site ammonia production at small-scale plants using electride catalysts, announced that it will participate in the Green Industrial Zone project in Bucha, Ukraine.

The Green Industrial Zone Project targets local production / local consumption systems in which hydrogen and ammonia are produced from renewable energy (e.g. solar and wind power), and are sold for applications such as electric power, fuel, and fertilizer. The project as a whole is expected to encompass a scale of 3,000 ha. The Green Hydrogen Generation project, which will account for 300 ha, will be undertaken first, and will be executed by the Polish company Hynfra and the Ukrainian company UTEM. On this first project, Tsubame BHB will conduct studies on the possibility of ammonia production using its own small ammonia synthesis facilities.

Hynfra is involved in technology integration and system design suited to the production of green hydrogen, and UTEM is an engineering company. Tsubame BHB and Hynfra completed a memorandum in 2022 targeting the small-scale production of green ammonia.

A ceremony for exchanging letters of intent for participation in this project was held on May 19, 2023, with representatives of the city of Bucha, Ukraine, the Embassy of Japan in Ukraine, the Embassy of Japan and Poland, the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Hynfra, UTEM, and Tsubame BHB.

A ceremony for exchanging letters of intent for participation in the Green Hydrogen Generation project

Tsubame BHB’s small ammonia synthesis facilities offer three models, with annual production capacity of 500 tons, 3,000 tons, and 5,000 tons, and are suited to the on-site ammonium production volumes required on this project. Through these activities, Tsubame BHB will devote its efforts to the project in close collaboration with Hynfra and UTEM, to achieve the country’s goals of energy independence and resilience. In this way, by expanding on-site production to generate the volumes required in regions of demand, Tsubame BHB will reduce ammonia transport and storage costs as well as greenhouse gas emissions, and take on the challenge of “Resolving issues for mankind related to environmental and food problems, to achieve a sustainable society.”