ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,595, issued on July 22, was assigned to STAMICARBON B.V. (Sittard, Netherlands).

"Method and plant for the production of ammonia with renewable energy" was invented by Joey Dobree (Maastricht, Netherlands), Mahal Patel (Sittard, Netherlands) and Paolo Mazzara (Rome).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure pertains to a plant for the production of ammonia. The ammonia is produced from hydrogen obtained by electrolysis of water. The electrolysis is powered by a renewable source of energy, complemented with power obtained from the plant during periods of low or no availability of the renewable energy. To this end, the plant is conf...