Project Skipavika

Project Skipavika in Norway is one of Europe’s first large-scale green ammonia projects. Located in the vicinity of the Mongstad basin outside Bergen, an important hub for the oil and gas industry, this project is developed by FUELLA in partnership with Skipavik Næringspark. It will be designed and built by Casale, a global leader in the field of ammonia plants.

Credit: Hans Harald Hellandsjø

The site has been officially opened by the Mayor of Vestland Fylke. The project management also had the chance recently to personally inform the Norwegian Prime Minister and the Minister of Petroleum and Energy about the project.

The project will produce up to 100,000 tons of green ammonia per year, using only renewable resources, such as wind and hydro power, as well as air and water in order to replace fossil fuel-based ammonia and reduce carbon emissions.

Credit: Artistic impression SkiGA

The accreditation from Nordhordland UNESCO biosphere highlights the project’s commitment to sustainability and environmental stewardship.

Expected to go into operation in 2026, this project is an example of the potential for sustainable, green technologies to drive positive change in the fight against climate change.

Key facts:

  • Location:Skipavika Havneterminal, Norway
  • Input capacity: 130 MW
  • Output capacity: 300 tons per day of green ammonia

Skipavika Green Ammonia is granted a support of 81 317 413 € (project ID: 101179450) from the Innovation Fund 2023 Auction – RFNBO Hydrogen funded by EU (European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency, CINEA)

The SkiGA project plans to install a 120 MWe alkaline electrolyser in the Skipavika Harbour, Norway, to produce an estimated amount of 180000 tonnes of hydrogen and around 1 million metric tonnes of ammonia over the first10-year production period. To produce the final product of green ammonia, the SkiGA plant will combine within the same installation two sub-systems: pressurized alkaline water electrolysis and Haber-Bosch ammonia synthesis. The main off-taker of the ammonia produced through the SKIGA project is EnBW, a German energy producer and supplier, for a duration of 15 years. The ammonia produced will be transported by ammonia vessels to a designated port in Europe for further distribution. The project will be developed by the Norwegian company SKIGA AS, created by Fuella in partnership with Skipavika Næringspark and EnBW. This project contributes to the European Hydrogen Bank’s goal of making 10 million tonnes of domestically produced renewable hydrogen in Europe available by 2030.

For more information please contact Terje Simmenes, terje@fuella.no or visit the CINEA website: CINEA

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