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Chifeng green hydrogen and ammonia plantEnvision—Envision ships the first commercial green ammonia cargo, from Chifeng to LOTTE Fine Chemical in South Korea

Envision

Wind turbines, grid batteries, green ammonia

CNprivateest. 2007Checked 11 Oct

The brief

Analyst view
  • World's No. 2 wind turbine maker by 2024 installations (BloombergNEF, 14.5 GW that year), with 103 GW installed worldwide.
  • Chifeng plant makes 320,000 t a year of green ammonia; 1.5 Mt a year planned by 2028.
  • Shipped the first commercial green ammonia cargo, to LOTTE Fine Chemical, in February 2026.

Technical approach

As reported
Wind

Software-heavy wind turbines

Turbines tune their output to the wind conditions they sense, getting more power from each site; it has also tested two-blade designs as a cheaper option.

Storage

Grid battery systems

Envision has supplied over 50 GWh of battery storage, used to firm up wind and solar output on grids and in its own plants.

Off-grid

Industry run on its own wind and sun

Its zero-carbon parks link dedicated wind, solar and batteries to factories, with AI software (EnOS) matching demand to supply in real time.

Fuels

Electricity into ammonia

Surplus clean power splits water into hydrogen, which is combined with nitrogen from the air into ammonia, a fuel and fertiliser that ships easily.

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