Cormorant

The Cormorant Clean Energy Project is an industrial-scale ultra-low-carbon ammonia production facility being developed by 8 Rivers Capital on the U.S. Gulf Coast in Port Arthur, Texas. It will be the first commercial deployment of 8 Rivers’ proprietary 8RH₂ ultra-low-carbon hydrogen production technology, which uses oxy-combustion and inherent carbon capture to produce hydrogen with a greater than 99 % CO₂ capture rate. The facility is designed to produce approximately 880,000 tonnes per year of ultra-low-carbon ammonia while capturing more than 1.4 million tonnes of CO₂ annually, supplying clean ammonia for use in sectors such as power generation, industrial processes, and transportation decarbonization. Construction is planned to begin in 2025, with commercial operations expected in 2027, and the project is anticipated to bring over $1 billion in regional investment and more than 1,000 construction jobs to the Gulf Coast.