Belated Happy Holidays from the NitroTeam!

We hope you’ve all had a smooth and joyful start to the new year. The past two months have been exciting for us, and we’re happy to share some fantastic news and updates with you.

In December 2024, we were honored to receive a GUDP grant (Danish acronym for Green Development & Demonstration Program) from the Danish Agricultural Agency for our NitroBox project! This generous €1.6M funding over two years will enable us to build our first 5 kg/day green ammonia demonstration unit. The project brings together a powerhouse consortium:

Danish Technological Institute lends their expertise in designing, building, and commissioning demonstration units.

University of Southern Denmark (SDU) provides specialized knowledge in power system management for electrochemical systems.

SEGES Innovation will conduct a comprehensive life cycle assessment of the NitroBox unit.

We’re immensely grateful to be working with such incredible partners to make the first NitroBox system a reality!

To kick off the NitroBox project, our NitroTech Team hit the road to visit SDU and meet with Prof. Thomas Ebel and Assoc. Prof. Ramkrishan Maheshwari. They got an up-close look at SDU’s 50 kW electrolyzer system and toured their advanced power electronics labs. From there, the team joined the SDU professors on a trip to Heide, Germany, to visit H2 Core Systems, a partner and official integrator of Enapter AEM electrolyzers. After learning more about their operation and conducting a thorough market analysis (which can be seen in our public database here), we’re confident that Enapter AEM electrolyzers are the perfect fit for our needs and excited to integrate them into the NitroBox system!

Meanwhile, back at NitroLabs, we’ve made exciting progress in electrode development. Our Material NitroEngineer, Aniket Mule, and our newest NitroIntern, Monaza Rashid, has been excelling at fabricating high-surface-area copper electrodes, which are critical for achieving high current densities. Using these electrodes, we’ve already reached 100 mA/cm² which is ~2/3rd of the performance we need for the NitroBox demo unit. With ongoing iterations to enhance the surface area, we’re optimistic about achieving our current density targets for the NitroBox project by end of this year together with our partners in the project.

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Looking ahead, we can’t wait to update you next month! Our pressurized system will soon be up and running, and we’ll begin experiments on the 400 cm² Nitrolyzer stack. Exciting times are ahead!

Best regards,

The NitroTeam

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