RWE pledges to buy a quarter of a million tonnes of green hydrogen-based ammonia a year from India in late-2020s
German energy company RWE has signed an agreement with Indian project developer AM Green to purchase 250,000 tonnes of green hydrogen-based ammonia, classified as a renewable fuel of non-biological origin (RFNBO) by the EU. AM Green, led by Anil Chalamalasetty and Mahesh Kolli, aims to produce five million tonnes of green ammonia annually, with a 1.3GW plant in Kakinada set to begin production in late 2025.
German energy company RWE has signed a memorandum of understanding to buy 250,000 tonnes of green hydrogen-based ammonia, meeting the EU’s definition of a “renewable fuel of non-biological origin” (RFNBO), from Indian project developer AM Green.
The Indian firm — controlled by businessmen Anil Chalamalasetty and Mahesh Kolli who had also founded green energy group Greenko — had set up its green ammonia business late last year with the ambition of producing five million tonnes a year of NH3 and supplying it to markets such as Germany, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, from late 2025.
AM Green has already taken a final investment decision (FID) on a 1.3GW green hydrogen and ammonia plant in Kakinada, along India’s western coast, the first phase of which will produce one million tonnes a year of green ammonia.
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