The project involves the expansion of a proprietary process to produce approximately 275,000 metric tons per year of carbon-free anhydrous ammonia in the United States.
Monolith Materials in 2021 commissioned Olive Creek 1 (OC1), its first commercial-scale carbon-free production facility which is designed to produce approximately 14,000 metric tons of carbon black per year. With the next phase of its facilities, the company plans to use the hydrogen generated via its manufacturing process to cleanly produce ammonia and potentially a wide array of other products that require hydrogen.
Combined, Monolith Materials’ carbon-free ammonia and carbon black production are expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 1 million metric tons per year compared to traditional manufacturing process. Monolith Materials’ ammonia production facility will integrate with a new, 180,000 metric tons-per-year carbon black production facility known as Olive Creek 2 (OC2). Like the current OC1 facility, OC2 will be located in Hallam, Nebraska near many of the nation’s largest agricultural companies and run on 100% renewable electricity. Monolith expects construction on the new facility to begin in 2021.