Jun
15
Wind to Fertilizer Construction Begins
June 15, 2010 | 8 Comments
The Associated Press must be the only press release recipient for some major news. The University of Minnesota Renewable Energy Center at Morris Minnesota has designed a $3.75 million carbon-free system that uses wind power from a towering turbine to produce anhydrous ammonia, NH3, a the most common and widely used nitrogen fertilizer and a […]
Feb
16
Can Ammonia aka NH3 Be a Fuel?
February 16, 2010 | 28 Comments
Last week Houston investment banker and peak oil prognosticator Matt Simmons popped a plan to use wind, the generated electricity and air to manufacture ammonia. Then just use it to fuel cars. The price to start up is “only” $25 billion plus a new generation of cars for consumers to buy. Is ammonia, NH3, remotely […]
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