Orlen Group SA (Płock, Poland) is launching a market study and dialogue process with potential suppliers of low-carbon and renewable ammonia for use in the production of fertilizers at its Anwil plant in Włocławek, Poland.

The company is also exploring the potential use of green ammonia as a hydrogen source for the production of synthetic aviation fuels (SAF), it said April 9.

Orlen’s demand for low-carbon and renewable hydrogen, as part of its wider decarbonization and energy-transition strategy, is expected to rise to approximately 350,000 metric tons per year by 2035, it said.

The market study will cover the long-term supply of ammonia produced using low-carbon hydrogen and renewable hydrogen of non-biological origin (RFNBO). Both ammonia types will be used to produce fertilizers and support the decarbonization of Orlen’s downstream segment, it said.

The company intends to launch pilot supplies of low-carbon ammonia in the coming years, it said, adding that this will enable a “thorough evaluation of the impact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions across the entire supply chain of this raw material.”

Orlen also plans to “gather information on potential equity partnerships within the ammonia value chain,” it said.

The company’s long-term goal is to reduce emissions from its refining and petrochemical production processes, it said. The goal also relates to the EU’s REDIII Directive, according to which the share of RFNBO hydrogen in total industrial hydrogen use — except for fuel production and energy uses — is to reach 42% by 2030 and 60% by 2035.