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U.S. fertilizer producer CF Industries and a pair of Japanese industrial conglomerates began construction Wednesday on a low-carbon ammonia plant in Modeste, Louisiana, which could provide domestic supplies of fertilizer for American farmers and power electric grids in Asia. The Blue Point complex, near Donaldsonville in Ascension Parish, is designed to produce 1.4 million tons of ammonia annually, potentially making it the largest plant of its kind in the world. The facility is engineered to permanently sequester 98% of total CO₂ emissions underground. Ammonia, used primarily as a component in nitrogen fertilizer, is emerging as a clean-burning fuel for heavy industry and power generation. Japanese partners JERA and Mitsui & Co. will ship their share of Blue Point’s ammonia production overseas to displace coal and lower emissions in Asian power plants. The ammonia produced at Blue Point will be allocated according to ownership levels, with CF Industries set to receive 40% and JERA 35%, while Mitsui has a 25% ownership stake. Beyond the core $3.7 billion joint investment at the Bluepoint complex, CF Industries plans to independently spend another $550 million over four years to further increase in fertilizer production. The groundbreaking ceremony was attended by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Stephen Vaden, Assistant...
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