Bluecome Kallpa Yaku
Green ammonia project in Peru

Kallpa Yaku

Green ammonia from Peru's Pacific coast.

A modular plant on the Peruvian coast that uses renewable energy and desalinated seawater to produce green ammonia and ammonium nitrate for the region's agriculture, next to a port.

Energy Desalination Electrolysis Ammonia Prilling Port
Illustration of the modular plant, from energy to port.
Energy→Water→Hydrogen→Ammonia→Ammonium nitrate→Port
40,000Tonnes per year of green ammonia
92,000Tonnes per year of ammonium nitrate
64MWRenewable energy
2Production modules
See the project Contact the team →
The project

A green supply for regional imports

Peru, Ecuador and Colombia import most of the ammonium nitrate they use. It is the base of the nitrogen fertilizers that agriculture depends on.

Kallpa Yaku produces it locally. Renewable energy powers the plant, seawater is desalinated to make hydrogen, and hydrogen is combined with nitrogen from the air to make ammonia. Part of the ammonia is then converted into ammonium nitrate, ready for local and regional customers.

The project is one plant with two modules, each with its own energy, ammonia and nitrate units. Together they supply the Peruvian market and export to neighbouring countries.

Full project

Modules 1 and 2
40,000tonnes per year of green ammonia
92,000tonnes per year of ammonium nitrate
64 MWrenewable energy

Half of the output for Peru and half for regional exports.

Module 1

20,000tonnes per year of ammonia
46,000tonnes per year of nitrate
31 MWrenewable energy

Module 2

20,000tonnes per year of ammonia
46,000tonnes per year of nitrate
33 MWrenewable energy

Approximate design capacities at full operation. Final figures depend on engineering and the selected site.

How it works

From water to fertilizer prills

Step 1

Renewable energy

Electricity

Renewable sources supply the electricity for the whole plant.

Step 2

Desalination

Fresh water

Reverse osmosis turns seawater into the pure water that the process needs.

Step 3

Electrolysis

Hydrogen

Renewable electricity splits water into hydrogen and oxygen. No natural gas is used.

Step 4

Ammonia synthesis

Ammonia

Hydrogen is combined with nitrogen taken from the air in a modular ammonia unit.

Step 5

Ammonium nitrate

Ammonium nitrate

Part of the ammonia is turned into nitric acid, which reacts with more ammonia to form the nitrate.

Step 6

Port and delivery

Shipment

Product leaves by truck to local customers and by sea to regional markets.

Proposed locations

Two ports on the Peruvian coast

Both sites sit inside port areas, with road and sea access.

PACIFICOCEAN PERU Lima Chancay Matarani Arequipa Schematic, not to scale

Port of Matarani

South coast, Arequipa
  • Arequipa industrial promotion zone, with public land available for green industrial projects.
  • Marine terminal permitted to export hydrogen and its derivatives.
  • Close to Arequipa, one of Peru's main industrial and agricultural regions.

Port of Chancay

Central coast, Lima region
  • South America's newest deep-water port, opened in November 2024.
  • About 80 km north of Lima, Peru's main consumption hub.
  • Direct shipping routes to Asia and the Americas.
Market

A regional market that depends on imports

Most of the ammonium nitrate used in Peru, Ecuador and Colombia is imported. A coastal plant in Peru can supply that demand with a shorter, more stable chain.

Ammonium nitrate demand

Estimated range, in thousand tonnes per year

Source: Bluecome market price survey, 2026. For reference, Kallpa Yaku would produce 92 thousand tonnes per year.

Agriculture and fertilizers

Ammonium nitrate is a fast-acting nitrogen fertilizer, used across Peru's export agriculture on the coast and in the Andean valleys.

Local supply

A plant on the Peruvian coast shortens the supply chain for farmers in Peru and neighbouring countries and reduces exposure to imports.

Green ammonia

Ammonia made with renewable power carries no fossil emissions in production, which lowers the carbon footprint of the crops grown with it.

Institutional support

Peru has a legal framework for green hydrogen

Strategy

National cooperation

The Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM) and H2 Peru, the Peruvian Hydrogen Association, signed an institutional cooperation agreement in March 2022.

Law

National interest

Green hydrogen and its derivatives, including ammonia, are declared of national interest under Peru's green hydrogen law and its regulation.

Incentives

Tax and permits

The framework provides accelerated depreciation of investments and simpler administrative procedures for qualifying projects.

Developer

Bluecome

Hydrogen in industry since 2011

Bluecome is a Chilean company that develops industrial uses of hydrogen, from renewable energy supply to final application, and holds a patent for pure and dual hydrogen combustion. It is the developer and sponsor of Kallpa Yaku.

Team

Juan Pablo Mattiello

Juan Pablo Mattiello

Managing Partner and CEO, Bluecome

Executive with international experience in corporate strategy, business management and consulting. He leads R&D initiatives and high-tech renewable energy projects. At Bluecome he heads project development and engineering.

Patricio Gasaly Cohn

Patricio Gasaly Cohn

Partner and Business Development, Bluecome

Entrepreneur and investor with a background in banking and corporate finance. Director at Gasaly Group and Efinncia Group. At Bluecome he leads business development and the structuring of investments.

Contact

Talk to the team

For offtake, technology partnerships, port and government relations, or to learn more about the project, write to us.

Juan Pablo Mattiello, project[email protected]
Patricio Gasaly, partner and business development[email protected]