If you insist on still not reading the article I can't help you further. The plant also has no batteries, so whether batteries are dirty or not is completely besides the point. It just scales up and down the electrolysers as power is more or less available.

Wind is actually one of the easiest green energy technologies to understand. In windy locations like Minnesota, the wind blows well over half of the time. Over 25% of the state's electricity was from electricity back in 2023 already. It will have increased further by now.

And anyone asking "why reduce your reliance on other nations" surely has not paying a lot of attention in 2026. Most of the world is scrambling to reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels after the Straight of Hormuz closed. Reducing reliance on on other imported critical resources like chips and rare earths is near the top of the priority list of all the major policy blocks in the world. The assumption that you can always import enough ammonia from elsewhere is a risky gamble.