Though hydrogen has been attracting a lot of attention as an energy source for a while, Japan has only recently become interested in using ammonia at power plants. Ammonia emits no carbon dioxide ...

An initiative that began in Africa and is taking root in Iowa is expected to bring competition to the nation's highly consolidated fertilizer industry and dramatically shrink farmers' climate impact.

The plant will not only meet its own needs of ammonia, which it currently imports, but also export the surplus, he said. The plant's annual turnover is expected to top $80 million (Dh294 million).