Liquium

Liquium is a New Zealand-based startup company focused on clean liquid fuel for heavy industry. According to its official website, Liquium is working to revolutionise the ammonia production process, helping it align with renewable energy, lower the cost of production and operation, and have a broader scale for more applications. The company positions itself within the global effort to decarbonise ammonia, a chemical that has been produced for the past 100 years via the Haber-Bosch process, in which nitrogen reacts with hydrogen over a catalyst bed at high temperatures and pressures. Ammonia is primarily used in the fertiliser industry, either directly or after further reaction into urea, and is also used as a nitrogen source building block in the chemical industry and as a refrigerant. Global ammonia production is estimated at 150–180 million tonnes annually. Liquium highlights that ammonia is currently one of the most polluting chemicals on the planet, responsible for roughly 500 million tonnes per annum of carbon dioxide, largely due to the consumption of fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas for energy and as a source of hydrogen. The company argues that clean, zero-carbon ammonia can be made at industrial scale using renewable energy and water electrolysis to generate hydrogen, though green ammonia will likely be more expensive than its brown counterpart. Liquium also points to ammonia's high energy density per unit volume among zero-carbon fuels, making it a promising energy carrier for heavy industry and global decarbonisation efforts. As a startup, Liquium is an early-stage venture with a focus on technology development and commercialisation in the clean energy and chemical sectors.

Liquium is a New Zealand startup company. Public information about its founding date, founders, and early history is limited. The company's official website describes its mission as revolutionising the ammonia production process to align with renewable energy, lower production and operation costs, and enable broader applications. Liquium operates in the clean energy and chemical technology space, targeting the decarbonisation of ammonia, a commodity chemical with a global production of 150–180 million tonnes annually. The company highlights that conventional ammonia production via the Haber-Bosch process is responsible for approximately 500 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year, primarily due to fossil fuel consumption for energy and hydrogen. Liquium advocates for clean ammonia produced using renewable energy and water electrolysis, and it emphasises ammonia's high energy density per unit volume as a zero-carbon fuel, making it suitable as an energy carrier for heavy industry. As of the available evidence, Liquium remains an early-stage venture with no publicly disclosed funding, leadership, or commercial milestones.

Clean liquid fuel for heavy industry; decarbonising ammonia production.

• Clean ammonia production technology

  Technology aimed at revolutionising the ammonia production process to align with renewable energy, lower cost, and broaden applications.

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