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Clean energy startup to expand to Houston with $40M facility

Amogy's tech is designed to enable carbon-free mobility in sectors such as shipping, transportation, and power generation. Photo via Amogy

Brooklyn, New York-based clean energy startup Amogy, which specializes in turning ammonia into power, is spending more than $40 million to convert a Houston building into a manufacturing facility.

Amogy says the 54,000-square-foot, four-acre plant, set to open in 2024, “signifies a pivotal step in [our] journey toward commercialization and its commitment to accelerating the global energy transition.”

Amogy’s ammonia-to-energy system will be assembled at the facility, located at 12221 N. Houston Rosslyn Road. So far, the system has been piloted in a drone, tractor, and semi-trailer truck. Amogy is retrofitting a tugboat to be the world’s first ammonia-powered vessel.

The startup’s product, known as a powerpack, is designed to enable carbon-free mobility in sectors such as shipping, transportation, and power generation.

“Amogy believes the adoption of ammonia as a renewable fuel will play a pivotal role in diversifying the landscape of clean energy solutions, thereby ensuring global energy security,” the company says.

Amogy plans to hire about 200 people for the Houston facility, including manufacturing workers, mechanical technicians, welders, health and safety specialists, operations professionals, and sales professionals.

“The Amogy Houston site will be a state-of-the-art facility able to manufacture our clean energy solution at scale,” says Daniel MacCrindle, chief operations officer at Amogy. “We are working quickly to hire and equip the facility so we can begin production.”

Seonghoon Woo, co-founder and CEO of Amogy, says the startup picked Houston for the facility to be close to customers, suppliers, and prospective employees.

Since being founded in 2020, Amogy has collected nearly $220 million in funding. Investors include Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund, AP Ventures, SK Innovation, Aramco Ventures, and Mitsubishi.

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Chevron U.S.A. has acquired 125,000 acres in Northeast Texas and southwest Arkansas that contain a high amount of lithium. Photo via Getty Images.

Chevron U.S.A., a subsidiary of Houston-based energy company Chevron, has taken its first big step toward establishing a commercial-scale lithium business.

Chevron acquired leaseholds totaling about 125,000 acres in Northeast Texas and southwest Arkansas from TerraVolta Resources and East Texas Natural Resources. The acreage contains a high amount of lithium, which Chevron plans to extract from brines produced from the subsurface.

Lithium-ion batteries are used in an array of technologies, such as smartwatches, e-bikes, pacemakers, and batteries for electric vehicles, according to Chevron. The International Energy Agency estimates lithium demand could grow more than 400 percent by 2040.

“This acquisition represents a strategic investment to support energy manufacturing and expand U.S.-based critical mineral supplies,” Jeff Gustavson, president of Chevron New Energies, said in a news release. “Establishing domestic and resilient lithium supply chains is essential not only to maintaining U.S. energy leadership but also to meeting the growing demand from customers.”

Rania Yacoub, corporate business development manager at Chevron New Energies, said that amid heightening demand, lithium is “one of the world’s most sought-after natural resources.”

“Chevron is looking to help meet that demand and drive U.S. energy competitiveness by sourcing lithium domestically,” Yacoub said.

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