Description of need
What if farms in the US midwest could make their own power & fertilizer? More resilient! Less exposed to supply chain and commodity price swings.
Problem severity (1-10)
4
Who has this need
Farms
Total addressable market (TAM)
XXL
Solutions today, and their shortcomings
Purchasing fertilizer produced in a central facility using the Haber-Bosch process.
Potentially relevant capabilities
- Local renewable energy paired with a hydrogen electrolyzer, and then ammonia production, and finally the production of ammonium nitrate (AN), urea, ammonium sulfate (AS).