Larsen & Toubro announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Norway-based H2Carrier (H2C) to co-operate towards developing floating green ammonia projects for industrial-scale applications with an aim to decarbonise the global economy.

Under the terms of the MoU, L&T will become a partner for EPCIC of the topsides for H2C’s floating process plants.

H2C plans to build the P2XFloater hull at yards in Asia and L&T will design and fabricate the topside process and utility modules to produce green hydrogen and green ammonia, including electrolysers, nitrogen generation plant, and ammonia Synthesis unit. Installation of the topsides modules on the hull and its integration can be customised as per location preferences, i.e., can be carried out in India or in other geographies.

H2C is the designer and owner of the proprietary floating energy production and storage system P2XFloater, an industrial scale floating green hydrogen and green ammonia facility.

The concept is based on proven floating production, storage, and off-take technologies from the oil & gas industry in combination with an e-control system capable of balancing renewable electricity feedstock through a fully integrated electrolyser and Haber-Bosch system.

Subramanian Sarma, Whole-Time Director & Senior Executive Vice President (Energy) said, "To fast-track the progress towards the decarbonisation goals, out-of-the-box thinking and innovative solutions, are the need of the hour. In this regard, our partnership with H2Carrier is very timely and is expected to unleash synergies as we enjoy strong complementarities. We are delighted to collaborate with H2C on their unique and novel P2XFloater design and we strongly believe that L&T, with its globally recognised expertise in ammonia & hydrogen production well as vast experience in design & fabrication of complex process modules, is poised to be the ideal partner for H2C in this venture."

Marten Lunde, CEO, H2C said, "Our P2XFloater design represents a solution which addresses a number of concerns for renewable energy projects: costs, time, use of land and environmental footprint, lengthy planning and regulation processes etc. By teaming up with L&T, we have taken a significant step towards creating an optimal supply chain for delivering P2XFloaters on a large scale to projects anywhere in the world. We are excited by the markets' response to our P2XFloater, and through the collaboration with L&T, we are confident of being able to establish a high and reliable production capacity to serve our global customers."