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There is no farming on a dead planet | TICKER VIEWS
There is a problem when major production lines use massive amounts of fossil fuels, that directly contributes to climate change.
How did a world leading Norwegian fertiliser company shift gears and go green?
This week on Ticker Climate, Energy Expert Scott Hamilton and Ticker News Presenter Holly Stearnes reported on how Yara is now moving to produce Green Ammonia from renewable energy in the Pilbara, Western Australia.
Yara is one of world’s biggest providers of ammonia, fertilisers and mining explosives.
“This is going to be the biggest industrial scale green ammonia plant in the world.”
Yara has a mission to grow knowledge to responsibly feed the world and protect the planet. Without mineral fertilizer, the would could only feed 40% of its population.
The problem with production using fossil fuels
The problem is that this production uses massive amounts of fossil fuels which contribute to climate change. That’s why Yara is moving to alternatives, like Green Ammonia.
“There is no farming on a dead planet,”
scott hamilton says.
“This is a game changer, showing the way for other companies to go green”. Holly Stearnes said to Grimes.
Further, the Smart Energy Council’s Zero Carbon Certification Scheme continues to gain traction with Yara, the latest multi-national company to sign up to the scheme.
“The Zero Carbon Certification Scheme is a certificate of origin scheme for renewable hydrogen, renewable ammonia and renewable metals. It’s an absolutely critical step in building the industries of the future,” said Mr Grimes.
“We are very happy to be part of this ground-breaking project in Australia. Certification will be essential to create a market for green ammonia,” said Sammy Van Den Broeck, Vice-President Product and Portfolio, Yara Clean Ammonia.
Solar push for small business
Also in Australia, the state of Victoria is encouraging Victorian small businesses to reduce their energy costs by accessing the benefits of renewable energy under the Solar for Business Program.
This initiative will bring down energy bills for small businesses by reducing the upfront cost of the installation of an approved small-scale solar PV system up to 30kW.
CEO of RACV Solar, Andy McCarthy says “it’s fantastic news” for businesses.
“It allows us to invest in more infrastructure, employees and expansion opportunities with confidence. It’s great for the environment, consumers and their business electricity bills,”
mccarthy says.
Giant renewable energy power station set for Africa
CWP Global (who was also recently featured on Ticker Climate) last week, announced it is building a massive 30 gigawatt renewable energy power station in Mauritania, north west Africa, which is located just below Western Sahara.
‘To put that in perceptive, the biggest coal power station in Victoria is 2 gigawatts,’ said Hamilton.