Plasma-catalytic bubbles for sustainable ammonia

氨是世界上最重要的化学物质之一，直接维持着我们50%以上的食物供应。但目前的生产方式是高度生态破坏的，占全球二氧化碳排放量的1%以上，与全球航空旅行的二氧化碳排放量相当。该项目旨在从可再生的水、电和空气中生产氨，这可以通过分散甚至农场层面的方法为农民提供零碳肥料。此外，如果由可再生能源驱动，氨气将成为澳大利亚出口氢气的有效手段。联邦政府在其技术投资路线图中强调了氢作为优先技术，而氨被视为其出口的最佳途径。

Ammonia is one of the world’s most important chemicals directly sustaining over 50% of our food supply. But the current means of its production is highly eco-destructive and responsible for over 1% of global CO2 emissions, a similar value to global air travel. This project aims to produce ammonia from renewable sources of water, electricity and air, which can provide farmers with a zero-carbon fertilizer under a decentralized and even farm-level approach. Moreover, if driven by renewables, ammonia offers an effective means of exporting hydrogen from Australia. Hydrogen has been highlighted by the federal government as a priority technology in its Technology Investment Roadmap with ammonia seen as the best approach for its exportation.