Where to build the ideal solar-powered ammonia plant? Design optimization of a Belgian and Moroccan power-to-ammonia plant for covering the Belgian demand under uncertainties

Regions with abundantly available renewable energy are not necessarily the same as those with a high population density and energy consumption. Therefore, renewable energy can be produced in optimal climate conditions with a remote renewable hub and transported to these population-dense regions. To establish this energy transport to these regions, ammonia provides a flexible, easy-to-handle energy carrier. However, current literature rarely considers the impact of techno-economic uncertainty on the feasibility of this transport. Using those uncertainties, we performed a robust design optimizat... Mehr ...