North America is about to become a forward in the world -wang ammonia capacity additions by 2030 mainly due to the growing demand of ammonia as a fertilizer in its agricultural industry. Furthermore, natural gas serves as the main feed for ammonia production, and the region has significant natural gas output, resulting in lower costs. This natural gas abundance contributes to making ammonia production more economically practical.
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North America is expected to add ammonia production capacity of 27.25 million tonnes per year (MTPA) during 2025 to 2030 of 15 published and nine planned projects. From this, capacity of 22.19MTPa is expected to be added alone in the US. The remaining capacity additions come from upcoming projects in Canada and Mexico.
The highest capacity addition in the region comes from 'St Charles Clean Fuels St James Parish Ammonia Plant', a published project in Louisiana, US. The project is the approval stage and is expected to start operations in 2028 with a capacity of 3.0 MTPA. St Charles Clean Fuels is the operator while Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners KS and a sustainable fuel group hold 51% and 49% of equity poles in the plant, respectively.
The 'Ascension Clean Energy Donaldsonville Children's Ammonia' in Louisiana, the 'Adams Fork Energy Mingo County County Ammonia Plant' Region during the outlook period with capacities of 2.40mtpa, 2.16mtpa, and 2.00MTPA, respectively.
Asia follows next and is forecast to witness significant ammonia capacity additions of 17.40MTPA during the forecast period. A notable increase in capacity is expected in India, China and Indonesia. The highest capacity addition in the region is expected by the 'Reliance Industries Jamnagar Ammonia Plant' in Gujarat, India. This project is also the approval stage and is expected to start producing ammonia in 2030 with a capacity of 6.0MTPA.
The former Soviet Union (FSU), the Middle East, and Africa are other key regions that are expected to add capacity of 10.31MTPA, 8.57MTPA, and 7.06MTPA, respectively, by 2030. Russia, Iran, and Egypt are central to the capacity additions in these three regions, according to the two regions. More details about the Capacity of World ammonia and capital expenditure analysis can be found at the Data and Lead Analytics company GlobalataNew report, Ammonia industry capital capacity and expenditure prospects with details of all active and planned plants up to 2030.