USDA backs TalusAg with $99.8 million for modular ammonia plants

TalusAg is set to receive $99.8 million in proposed grants from the USDA’s Fertilizer Investment and Expansion for Long-Term Domestic Supply (FIELDS) program. The grant supports a $270.2 million project to deploy 20 ammonia manufacturing units at 11 locations in seven states.

TalusAg’s technology makes ammonia from electricity, water and air rather than natural gas. The 20 units would produce about 130,000 tons of anhydrous ammonia a year, located near farmers and fertilizer users in rural areas.

The USDA announced eight FIELDS projects on October 22, worth more than $1.34 billion in total. The grants are proposed, so federal funding approvals still have to be completed before construction begins.

USDA says the FIELDS program is designed to expand domestic nitrogen, phosphate and potash production and reduce U.S. farmers’ reliance on imported fertilizer.

TalusAg already has modular sites in development elsewhere. These include two plants in Minnesota with CleanCounts, Central Farm Service and Blue Earth Light & Water, and a green ammonia project in Angola with Minbos Resources.

Source: Ammonia Energy