Atome pivots Paraguay project to CAN
UK-based developer extends scope of green ammonia project to calcium ammonium nitrate in response to market feedback, CEO Olivier Mussat tells Hydrogen Economist
Atome Energy is forging ahead with the expansion of its flagship Villeta green ammonia project in Paraguay to include production of fertiliser for local and export markets. The UK-based firm’s expansion of the development’s first phase to include production of green calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN) will not alter its target of FID in the fourth quarter of 2023 and commissioning in 2025, CEO Olivier Mussat tells Hydrogen Economist in an interview. Atome Energy CEO Olivier Mussat Talks with potential offtakers in the agriculture and fertiliser industries convinced Atome to move into CAN production, building on its original plan to be a pure
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