Nitrogen+Syngas 398 Nov-Dec 2025
21 November 2025
Offtake agreement for fertilizer plant
ATOME says that it has signed a definitive offtake agreement with Yara for the purchase of the entire 260,000 t/a output of the low-carbon Villeta project. The plant will be based on 100% renewable baseload power, and will displace some 500,000 t/a of carbon dioxide equivalent. ATOME says that the agreement represents the last commercial milestone in its path to a final investment decision (FID), following the successful completion of other key commercial items, including the signing of the $465 million fixed-price, lump-sum engineering, procurement and construction contract with Casale.
Villeta will produce low-carbon calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN) fertiliser, made from green ammonia produced from 100% renewable baseload hydropower, at industrial scale. It will be produced without reliance on subsidies or grants, and close to major demand centres, providing global food producers with much needed cost-effective solutions to decarbonise their supply chains.
