Andhra Pradesh is all set to host the world's largest green ammonia project at the Kakinada Port after AM Green held the first major ceremony for the project equipment on Saturday.
CM Chandrababu Naidu and Deputy CM K. Pawan Kalyan were among those in attendance.
The project, which will see an investment of Rs 13,000 crore, is being developed by AM Green on a 495-acre campus by transforming the existing ammonia-urea facility, Nagarjuna Fertilizers Chemicals Private Limited.
Approved in January 2025, the new project is expected to reach a capacity of 1.5 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) and generate more than 2,500 jobs once it is fully operational.
The company also plans to set up a 2 GW electrolyser manufacturing unit in Kakinada at an estimated cost of Rs 2,000 crore.
This is the latest in a series of AM Green's green ammonia projects across the state, after others at places like Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin, Una in Himachal Pradesh, and Kandla in Gujarat.
The point of using green ammonia is to reduce carbon emissions to zero during production, making the production process environmentally friendly.
AM Green has also entered long-term agreements with various global players in the ammonia production industry, making this the first time that India has exported ammonia to markets in Asia and Europe at such a scale.
For example, it signed an agreement with Germany-based Uniper SE for the export of 125 kilotonnes per annum (KTPA) of green ammonia from 2028 onwards, as per a Hindu report.
The green ammonia project is being developed with support from global partners, including the Malaysia-based Petronas, the GIC in Singapore, and the ADIA in the United Arab Emirates.
The new green ammonia plant is also in alignment with the state government’s clean energy transition plans under the Integrated Clean Energy Policy 2024.
Regular exports of green ammonia shipments from the Kakinada Port in the future would also give a vital boost to India's maritime sector.