We often hear questions about the possibility of making ammonia from wind energy and the most concerned are those who have a background in chemistry but not in chemical plant processes. The following drawing is a draft by our process guru showing energy inputs and volumes of output for a proposed plant. We don't have any whizbang technical advances; we stick to old, tested stuff and the magic comes in being local to an area and fitting the business to the needs of the producers and consumers there.

You, too, could build one of these if you had stranded renewable electricity available, but it would likely look very different from this plant, which is tuned for a farming community in northwest Iowa. The tuning involves calculations about the amount of ammonia needed for the area, the size of the available wind farm, and the location of water, railroad, and electric transmission line resources. If you think you want to do this drop us a note and we'll see if we can help you get the ball rolling.