Jupiter Ionics licenses Monash University’s carbon neutral ammonia technology

In Australia, inspired by a vision for a future economy powered by carbon neutral ammonia, new start-up Jupiter Ionics Pty Ltd is the latest company to emerge from a growing stream of enterprises aligned with Monash University’s Technology Precinct.

For over a century, ammonia has been produced industrially using the Haber-Bosch process, which contributes heavily to global carbon emissions. Scientists at Monash University recently found a more environmentally friendly way, with technology that uses an electrochemical process to produce ammonia by reducing nitrogen extracted from the air and combining it with hydrogen extracted from water, with power provided by renewable electricity.

Jupiter Ionics Pty Ltd has successfully secured an exclusive license to develop the patented technology first invented by Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor, Doug Macfarlane and Dr Alexandr Simonov from Monash University’s School of Chemistry.

It also recently closed a seed round of financing of A$2.5 million to support the development of this world-leading electrochemical technology for the production of green ammonia.