The Institute for Sustainable Process Technology (ISPT) proudly presents the Clean Ammonia Pipeline Safety report – a major step on the path to enabling Europe’s clean energy future. The report provides a next-level, state-of-the-art design for the safe operation of a large-scale clean ammonia pipeline.
As Europe faces rising energy costs and geopolitical uncertainty, ensuring access to reliable and affordable clean energy has become more urgent than ever. This report presents concrete recommendations to ensure the safe, scalable, and reliable transport of ammonia by pipeline. This is a critical enabler of large-scale renewable energy imports from regions with abundant solar and wind resources to Northwestern Europe, helping to decarbonise industry.
The project examines the technical and safety requirements for a 550 km ammonia pipeline between the Netherlands and Germany. With a projected capacity of 7 million tonnes per year (equivalent to about 1 million tonnes per year of hydrogen), such a pipeline could form a cornerstone of Europe’s future energy infrastructure.
This work is the result of a consortium with Aramco Europe, Chane Terminals, EnBW, Equinor, Fluxys, Gasunie, Shell, and OCI, with technical support from DNV. The project is coordinated by ISPT.
With this report, we provide policymakers, regulators and industry with a reliable foundation to continue building together on safe applications of clean ammonia.
Tjeerd Jongsma, director ISPT
Ammonia is a well-known industrial commodity with high volumetric energy density that has been used for over a hundred years. It is also gaining traction as a hydrogen carrier. While direct electrification remains the most efficient energy pathway, ammonia and other molecules are essential for long-distance transport, storage, and utilisation of energy.
The report emphasises the importance of stakeholder collaboration in policymaking to ensure safe transport and use of clean ammonia, accelerating the decarbonisation and competitiveness of future energy systems.
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This report is a result of the Clean Ammonia Pipeline Safety project.
For more information, please contact: Carol Xiao, carol.xiao@ispt.eu.