DECEMBER 2021
ATOME listed on the London Stock Exchange
MAY 2022
ATOME signs its world leading 60MW Power Purchase Agreement with ANDE, national power company of Paraguay – the first of ATOME’s 400MW opportunity.
JUNE 2022
ATOME appoints AECOM as Owner’s Engineer for the Villeta Project as this marks the commencement of the Front-End Engineering and Design phase.
SEPTEMBER 2022
ATOME secures a 75 acre site adjacent to the Villeta substation for its Villeta production facility. The site will provide room for expansion and facilitate the ability as may be required to store and act as a delivery point for ATOME’s Paraguay production.
ATOME appoints Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking as its Financial Adviser to structure and secure financing for the Company’s Villeta project in Paraguay.
DECEMBER 2022
ATOME expands its flagship project in Villeta, Paraguay from 60MW to 120MW for Phase 1.
ATOME appoints Casale, global leader in ammonia and fertiliser technologies, with internationally recognised engineers Urbas Energy working in cooperation as the FEED contractors for Villeta green fertiliser project
JANUARY 2023
NexantECA are appointed as market study consultants, providing an independent market view of the green fertiliser market.
ATOME signs a mandate letter with the multilateral investment institution IDB Invest to consider financing the Company’s Villeta Project.
FEBRUARY 2023
ATOME announces its entry into Central America with local Costa Rican partner, Cavendish S.A. together forming The National Ammonia Corporation S.A (“NAC”), headquartered in San Jose. NAC has a mandate to develop green fertiliser projects across Central America and the Caribbean with its initial focus in Costa Rica itself.
MAY 2023
Baker Hughes buys into ATOME, becoming a top shareholder. Baker Hughes, an energy technology company that has a diverse portfolio of equipment and service capabilities that span the energy and industrial value chain. Established over a century ago, it has over 55,000 employees. The company is committed to helping industry meet net-zero emissions targets.
JULY 2023
ANDE increase the agreed 120MW PPA to 145MW at the Phase I Villeta Project and enter into a 300MW pre-PPA agreement for Phase II Yguazu Project
AUGUST 2023
Information Memorandum issued by Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking, ATOME’s international financial adviser, to potential project financiers
OCTOBER 2023
An Environmental Licence is granted to ATOME by Paraguay’s Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, enabling the right to commence preparation and clearance of the Villeta site and to obtain all necessary permitting from construction to operation of the production facility
AECOM complete their assessment of ATOME’s green calcium ammonium nitrate fertiliser and confirm it could potentially displace up to 500,000 tons of CO2eq per year versus an imported and applied grey CAN fertiliser in the Paraguay market.
NOVEMBER 2023
Free-Trade Zone status is granted by Presidential decree to ATOME’s Villeta Project, Paraguay, only the sixth FTZ to be granted by Paraguay
FEBRUARY 2024
ATOME’s Central America company, National Ammonia Corporation S.A. entered into a Framework Collaboration Agreement with Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, the Costa Rican state power company to evaluate feasibility for the power supply to a green ammonia and fertiliser project
JUNE 2024
ATOME completes the FEED study for its 145MW green fertiliser facility at Villeta, Paraguay
JULY 2024
ATOME signs Heads of Terms for the long-term sale to Yara International ASA of all of ATOME’s renewable fertiliser from its 145MW Villeta Project in Paraguay
