Atome Energy has doubled the planned capacity of its project in Paraguay, while announcing the appointment of engineering companies to carry out design work.
The company said its green ammonia Villeta project would now have capacity of 120 MW, up from 60 MW. Once it is operational, this will be able to produce 100,000 tonnes per year of green ammonia.
The bigger project will be based on an expanded power purchase agreement (PPA) with state power producer ANDE. Atome said the 120 MW PPA was the largest ever signed by ANDE with an industrial user.
Atome CEO Olivier Mussat welcomed ANDE’s confidence in the company. This, he said, would enable “Paraguay to become the leader on the continent in the fast-growing green hydrogen economy”.
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Furthermore, Atome has chosen UrbasEnergy-Ingeser, TSK and Casale to carry out the front-end engineering design (FEED) work.
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Atome doubles up on green hydrogen plans in Paraguay
