Building Latin America’s first industrial-scale low-carbon fertiliser plant, ATOME Villeta will use Paraguay’s hydropower to produce green CAN fertiliser with a 10-year Yara offtake.
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Bright Spot | Atome Villeta
ATOME is charting a new course for fertiliser production in Latin America. Its flagship Villeta Project in Paraguay will harness the country’s abundant hydropower to produce low-carbon Calcium Ammonium Nitrate (CAN) fertiliser, made using green ammonia, on an industrial scale.
Latin America is a prime region because it imports more than 90% of all its nitrogen fertiliser supply and pays more for it than in Europe. Paraguay has a large agricultural export-based economy, but its first export is power. It is the country’s strategic aim to use this national natural resource to create a new green economic sector, positioning the country as a climate leader whilst strengthening and diversifying its economy.
Olivier Mussat
CEO, ATOME
With a binding offtake agreement secured with Yara for the entire production at Villeta and financing almost in place, the project is approaching FID and poised to become a cornerstone of sustainable agriculture, whilst presenting a replicable model for decarbonisation across the region.
Transforming power into molecules [such as hydrogen to produce ammonia] can have a significant development impact, such as building a new industry and creating jobs in Paraguay, while shielding the region against macro-economic shocks.
Atome Villeta
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