Framework agreement aims to address food security and reduce need for fertiliser imports
FFI signs green fertiliser deal with Kenya
The Australian developer plans to develop a 300MW green ammonia and fertiliser facility by 2025
Australia’s Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) has signed a binding framework agreement with the government of Kenya to fast-track the development of an affordable green fertiliser supply chain, as well as other green hydrogen-based industries and derivatives. FFI will work with the government to develop a 300MW green ammonia and fertiliser facility located in the Naivasha vicinity of the Olkaria geothermal field by 2025. The facility will supply the domestic market in an effort to address food security while reducing the need for imports, the developer says. FFI expects to take FID on the Naivasha project in 2023. “Current ammonia and fertiliser production relies almost exclusively on fossil
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