Ammonia is the most carbon-intensive bulk chemical we make: ~180 Mt NH₃/yr emits ~450 MtCO₂ directly — and its defining feature is a ~99%-pure process-CO₂ stream that is the cheapest large capture opportunity in heavy industry. Below: where plant emissions sit, the blue-vs-green hydrogen decision and the incentive stack that funds it, and the tools to size both for your facility.
Reference numbers from our white paper’s TerraNova model facility — a 480 kt/yr ammonia + downstream-N complex (≈708 ktCO₂e Scope 1+2, 1.47 t/t NH₃). Your plant will differ — that’s what the Decarb Explorer below and TerraNova’s facility-level MRV are for.
The acid-gas stream — ~1.2 t of >99%-pure CO₂ per tonne of ammonia, net of the urea uptake credit — plus N₂O at the nitric-acid line. The cheapest large capture in heavy industry, and the fastest-payback catalyst fix.
Fired natural gas — dilute flue-gas CO₂ that needs amine capture or an ATR rebuild to reach. This is where the blue-ammonia retrofit decision is won or lost.
Compression and utilities load today — and the bucket that explodes ~9× under green-hydrogen electrolysis. The grid factor, not the plant, decides whether green ammonia abates at all.
A new fertilizer white paper — ammonia, carbon markets and the blue-vs-green economics of low-carbon nitrogen — plus the CBAM research for producers selling into Europe.
Ammonia, carbon markets and the economics of low-carbon nitrogen — per-product intensities from the TerraNova model and the blue-vs-green ammonia case studies.
Ammonia, urea and ammonium nitrate are in CBAM’s definitive scope from January 2026 — what embedded carbon at the EU border means for producers and exporters.
Reporting, verification and the carbon-price deduction mechanics that decide landed cost in the EU.
Set your region, production and targets, and build a decarbonization plan from 27 levers computed live on our TerraNova fertilizer model — including the white paper’s blue-vs-green ammonia worked cases.
The white paper shows why levers clear only when incentives stack. TerraNova runs that same analysis on your actual energy balance — continuously.
Site and corporate emission reporting across Scope 1 and 2 — reformer, boiler, nitric-acid and utilities granularity, GHGRP-consistent ammonia/urea accounting.
Marginal abatement costs adjusted for OBPS, CFR credit classes, the CCUS ITC and removal offtakes — the stacking logic from the white paper, computed per project.
Best-fit regional projects — process-CO₂ capture, ATR + CCS, N₂O abatement, hydrogen routes — sequenced double-count-free against capital cycles and turnaround windows.
Incentive and compliance management plus regulatory updates and pricing — so the stack that made a project viable stays visible.
Plant-by-plant roadmaps that survive the CFO: lever sequencing, capital planning and incentive capture across OBPS, the CCUS ITC and the Clean Hydrogen ITC.
Decarb Strategy →Embedded-carbon reporting, verification and the carbon-price deduction — so EU-bound ammonia, urea and AN carry the lowest defensible border cost.
CBAM Series for Exporters →Blue-ammonia CCS and clean-hydrogen development support: credit-pathway selection, offtake structuring and verification — turning abatement into revenue.
Industrial carbon projects →Start with the white paper, pressure-test the Decarb Explorer, then let TerraNova and our advisory team build the plant-specific version — MACC, incentives and all.