Mark Behrman – How do we decarbonize ammonia fertilizer?

Ammonia fertilizer has revolutionized agriculture, and is essential to our world food supply. But currently this ammonia is produced from natural gas and leads to heavy carbon emissions – this sector alone accounts for 1.2% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Clean ammonia can be made from green hydrogen, which is produced from water and renewable electricity, allowing us to feed the world’s population while protecting the planet. But currently barriers exist to broadscale adoption. In this episode, Jacob Susman speaks with Mark Behrman, CEO of LSB Industries, about how we can speed up the transition.

This episode was recorded in February, 2024.

What is The Great Green Upgrade with Jacob Susman?

The Great Green Upgrade is your chance to hear cutting-edge information about deployment of green hydrogen to decarbonize heavy industry, directly from the people leading the sector. Brought to you by Ambient Fuels, the pure-play green hydrogen developer, the interview series is available both as a podcast and on YouTube for video of the conversations. We feature in-depth discussions on topics from electrolyzer technology, to siting, storing, and piping green hydrogen, to industrial uses of hydrogen in hard-to-abate industries such as ammonia fertilizer and petroleum refining. Hosted by Ambient Fuels CEO Jacob Susman, these conversations will cut through the hype to uncover real-life applications of green hydrogen that businesses are implementing now.