Research & Development Director

The fact is that 2-4 mill tons of ammonia is lost from European livestock farms every year. Lost ammonia means lost fertilizer which is essential to grow grain and feed the planet. Lost ammonia is a significant environmental challenge, and represents a major economic loss for the livestock farmer who needs to substitute lost nutrients through purchase of fossil fuel based nitrogen fertilizer.
N2 Applied has the solution for the agriculture industry, both financially for the livestock farmer himself and for the total environment. We urge you to look for more information at our web; http://fusionfarming.com/about-us/n2-applied-as/
N2 Applied fixes nitrogen from air using plasma arc technology. The fixed nitrogen is added to manure – reacts – and stops ammonia losses. We call it "Fusion Farming". Fusion Farming enables the livestock farmer to recycle and produce his own nitrogen fertilizer on the farm with lower greenhouse gas emissions, improved resource efficiency and reduced cost. The livestock farmer will compliment and eventually substitute traditional fossil based industrial fertilizer. N2’s distributed model will reduce fertilizer cost as well as reduce emissions from transporting fertilizers from petrochemical plants in the Middle East to the farmer.
N2 Applied is using Norwegian and international know-how and industrial experience to develop an energy efficient process for direct nitrogen fixation from air. N2 Applied’s method apply modern process technology and the well-known electric arc principle developed by Professor Kristian Birkeland more than 100 years ago. Norsk Hydro was founded on the electric arc technology which N2 Applied now has further developed and adapted for distributed production of fertilizer on the farm.
N2 Applied’s ambition is to develop a N2 reactor the size of a household fridge, install the reactor on the farm and produce NO gas based on air and renewable energy. A prototype reactor is already installed and in operation at our test center in Norway. N2 Applied holds patents related to energy efficiency of the reactor as well as its applications. Energy efficiency of the electric arc principle has been the main challenge for the fertilizer industry which consequently a century ago switched to the then more energy efficient, fossil fuel based chemical process called Haber Bosch.