QatarEnergy announced that the groundbreaking ceremony for the world's largest blue ammonia plant took place in Mesaieed Industrial City, about 40 km south of the Qatari capital Doha, Report informs via Xinhua.
"This facility consists of an ammonia production unit with a capacity of 1.2 million tons per year, along with an additional unit for CO2 injection and storage, with a capacity of 1.5 million tons per year," Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, Qatar's minister of State for Energy Affairs and President and CEO of QatarEnergy, was quoted as saying in a statement released by QatarEnergy.
"QatarEnergy will provide the new plant with more than 35 megawatts of electricity from the solar power plant currently being built in Mesaieed Industrial City, thereby making it blue ammonia," he added.
With an investment of about 4.4 billion Qatari riyals ($1.2 billion), the plant will be developed in cooperation between QatarEnergy and Qatar Fertiliser Company.
According to the statement, the plant will be located in Mesaieed Industrial City, which boasts integrated infrastructure and one of the largest petrochemical export ports in the Middle East. The plant is expected to begin production in the second quarter of 2026.