Ascension Parish eyed for $7.5 billion 'blue' ammonia plant from Texas energy startup

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In another move that could boost the Baton Rouge area’s move toward a cleaner industrial corridor, a Texas-based energy startup on Monday announced it will consider a 1,700-acre site on the Mississippi River’s west bank in Ascension Parish for a $7.5 billion hydrogen-ammonia plant. Read the article>>

Proposed $7.5 billion plant could bring hundreds of new jobs to Ascension Parish

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ASCENSION PARISH - A proposal to build a $7.5 billion energy facility in Donaldsonville could bring hundreds of new jobs to the region, according to the companies behind the effort.

Clean Hydrogen Works comprises Ascension Clean Energy, Denbury Carbon Solutions and Hafnia, the corporate components of the project, which aims to produce and export "blue ammonia" -- touted as a "high demand... clean energy feedstock in global markets." Read the article>>

State: Proposed ‘blue ammonia’ plant could mean 350 new jobs

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DONALDSONVILLE, La. (AP) — A startup company is considering southeast Louisiana’s Ascension Parish as a site for a large-scale hydrogen-ammonia production facility that would create 350 jobs, the state economic development department said Monday. Read the article>>