Talus Renewables co-founder and CEO, Hiro Iwanaga, was a guest on Climate Now, where he discussed the company’s first-to-market modular green ammonia system, which is revolutionizing the way farmers produce fertilizer - a critical commodity that helps feed the world.
Talus Renewables' technology enables a more sustainable and cost-efficient on-site production process for farmers, while eliminating supply chain unpredictability and helping end food insecurity. We pioneered our carbon-free concept in Sub-Saharan Africa, where we are helping our agricultural partners improve and streamline their operations while reducing emissions, and will soon expand significantly here in the U.S.
As Hiro explained to Climate Now host James Lawler:
“I think people really forget about ammonia. Ammonia is the second most produced chemical in the world, so it is absolutely a critical material… And we ship it all over the world. The way we get it there is we produce ammonia in a giant centralized plant, right? These are some of the world's largest chemical plants… But you deliver a few shipping containers to a rural farming community, plug it up to power and water… A lot of power and a little bit of water, and produce a standard, in this case, carbon-free ammonia fertilizer that can reduce the cost of that fertilizer by 40%... If you think about it, especially (for) the subsistence farmer, which is still 60% of the population across Sub-Saharan Africa, getting access to a reliable, inexpensive, and in this case, carbon-free fertilizer is a huge step in their food security crisis.”
To learn more, listen here.
