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Schiedam, August 23, 2023 – Ammonia, a versatile chemical with applications ranging from fertilizers to chemical products, has gained significant attention due to its potential in the renewable energy sector, as a green energy carrier of hydrogen. Proton Ventures, since its inception in 2001, is setting new standards in ammonia storage & handling by employing […]

Schiedam, June 26, 2023 – Ammonia is increasingly considered as zero-carbon fuel and hydrogen carrier in a decarbonized energy and food landscape. As ammonia will become more abundant as an energy vector, its use as hydrogen carrier is set to increase. Ammonia cracker facilities for hydrogen production are currently considered in various northern European ports, […]

Proton Ventures is invited by VOTOB, The Dutch Association of Tank Storage Companies, to take part in the working group that will revise the PGS-12. The 4-chair workgroup, existing of delegates from Vopak, OCI, Yara International and Proton Ventures, will collectively improve the PGS-12. The import of large quantities of hydrogen in the form of […]

Proton Ventures is now an Associated Partner of Dii Desert Energy and a Member of the MENA Hydrogen Alliance. As key player in the ammonia infrastructure, Proton Ventures is always looking for new partnerships and expanding collaborations throughout the value chain. By partnering with Dii Desert Energy we hope to accelerate the energy transition not […]

On Tuesday February 14th, visiting Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Mrs. Liesje Schreinemacher, witnessed the first steps towards a strategic energy corridor between The Netherlands and Brazil. In the presence of the Minister, the Dutch consortium Transhydrogen Alliance and its Brazilian partners Casa dos Ventos Energias Renováveis and Comerc Energia signed an MoU outlining […]

January 25th Energy Storage NL (ESNL) presented the National Energy Storage Action Plan to Climate and Energy Minister Rob Jetten. The sector organization is a partner of the entrepreneurs’ organization for the technology industry FME. With this action plan, ESNL puts on the agenda the need to accelerate the energy transition through the use of […]

Morocco, 21th December 2022– Proton Ventures and its consortium partners Société Chérifienne de Matériel Industriel et Ferroviaire (SCIF) and Engineering &Group IPS are awarded a turnkey contract by Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP Group) to design and build two refrigerated ammonia storage tanks in the Industrial Complex Jorf Lasfar in Morocco. The project, which kicked […]

Proton Ventures is awarded a FEED+ engineering package (Basic Engineering plus partial Detailed Engineering) for a new ammonia export terminal by the biggest Oil, Gas & Chemicals company in UAE. The project, which kicked off in January 2022, will be finalized in the third quarter of 2022 and boasts the biggest ammonia tanks ever built […]

A cluster of Dutch companies will capitalize on the enormous opportunities in Chile regarding port, logistics and energy. On July 21, 2022 Proton Ventures signed a collaboration agreement, together with 7 other companies, with Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO) within the Partners for International Business (PIB) program. Business Opportunities in the Chilean Port Sector Chile […]

Proton Ventures, as one of the seven initiatives in Rotterdam, officially receives the financial contribution from the Smart Energy Systems Subsidy (SES) program. Large-scale ammonia cracker ‘We received this subsidy because we contribute to a project in Rotterdam that makes energy  cleaner, smarter, and more efficient. Our innovation department is working on the technical and […]