{"id":208542,"date":"2025-03-13T04:15:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T09:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/stanford-developed-device-produces-critical-fertilizer-ingredient-from-thin-air"},"modified":"2025-03-13T04:15:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T09:15:34","slug":"stanford-developed-device-produces-critical-fertilizer-ingredient-from-thin-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/stanford-developed-device-produces-critical-fertilizer-ingredient-from-thin-air","title":{"rendered":"Stanford-Developed Device Produces Critical Fertilizer Ingredient From Thin Air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/stanford-developed-device-produces-critical-fertilizer-ingredient-from-thin-air.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>A new device produces ammonia from air and wind energy, offering a sustainable alternative to fossil fuel-dependent methods for agriculture and clean energy applications.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The air we breathe holds the key to more sustainable agriculture, thanks to an innovative breakthrough by researchers at <a href=\"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/tag\/stanford-university\/\">Stanford University<\/a> and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia. They have created a prototype device that uses wind energy to extract nitrogen from the air and convert it into ammonia\u2014a critical ingredient in fertilizer.<\/p>\n<p>If fully developed, this method could replace the traditional process of producing ammonia, which has been in use for over a century. The conventional method combines nitrogen and hydrogen at high pressures and temperatures, consuming 2% of the world\u2019s energy and generating 1% of annual carbon dioxide emissions due to its reliance on natural gas. This new approach offers a cleaner, more energy-efficient alternative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new device produces ammonia from air and wind energy, offering a sustainable alternative to fossil fuel-dependent methods for agriculture and clean energy applications. The air we breathe holds the key to more sustainable agriculture, thanks to an innovative breakthrough by researchers at Stanford University and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1497,1506,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy","category-food","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}