Ammonia plant proposed in Hamilton County

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This rendering shows a typical ammonia plant using electrolyzer technology for hydrogen feedstock production. The same elements shown here would be utilized on a plant being proposed by Synergen Green Energy near Aurora.
This rendering shows a typical ammonia plant using electrolyzer technology for hydrogen feedstock production. The same elements shown here would be utilized on a plant being proposed by Synergen Green Energy near Aurora.

Houston-based Synergen Green Energy Inc. announced plans this week for a proposed ammonia plant along the Highway 34 corridor west of Aurora, having narrowed its focus to a 160-acre Hamilton County site after a nationwide search that began almost two years ago. A project now estimated by company officials to be 20 percent down the path of a complex development process involving various water, zoni…