ammonia

A hydrogen storage unit. (Photo from hydrogennewsletter.com)

The Hydrogen Economy In America Faces A Number Of Challenges

The basic facts about hydrogen are well known. It has the ability to significantly reduce emissions from the steel and cement industries. As a power source, it creates no waste products other than water and heat. While the US struggles to find ways to reduce its carbon and methane emissions, … [continued]

ChatGPT & DALL-E generated panoramic image of a very large ammonia carrier ship.

Ammonia’s Role in the Energy Transition

What is ammonia and how does it fit into a decarbonized future? Ammonia (NH3), in its role as a key ingredient in nitrogen fertilizers, is essential to feeding the world. It is also a solution for the decarbonization of hard-to-abate sectors as an energy carrier for hydrogen and a clean … [continued]

ChatGPT & DALL-E generated panoramic image of a very large ammonia carrier ship.

Study Finds Health Risks in Switching Ships From Diesel to Ammonia Fuel

Ammonia could be a nearly carbon-free maritime fuel, but without new emissions regulations, its impact on air quality could significantly impact human health. As container ships the size of city blocks cross the oceans to deliver cargo, their huge diesel engines emit large quantities of air pollutants that drive climate … [continued]

ChatGPT & DALL-E generated panoramic image of a very large ammonia carrier ship.

Amogy & Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Have Completed a Feasibility Study of Ammonia Supply System for Ammonia-Powered…

Amogy and MSB jointly explore potential opportunities to collaborate with their respective technologies and commercial applications across the ammonia-powered shipping and shipbuilding value chain. Tokyo, Japan — Amogy, a provider of mature, scalable, and efficient ammonia-to-power solutions, and Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MSB), a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, … [continued]

Image from Fortescue Green Pioneer

Successful Propulsion & Manoeuvrability Trials by Fortescue’s Dual-Fuelled Ammonia-Powered Vessel in the Port of Singapore

Fortescue, with support from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), government agencies, research institutes, and industry partners, has successfully completed propulsion and manoeuvrability trials of its Singapore-registered Fortescue Green Pioneer in the Port of Singapore. The trials were conducted using 6.4 m3 (4.4 tonnes) of liquid ammonia, in combination with diesel … [continued]

Midjourney generated image of a jigsaw puzzle with pieces of hydroelectric dams, wind turbines, transmission, Quebec's fleur de lys, farm fields, fork lifts and ships

On Hydrogen Forklifts, Bitcoin Mining and Green Fertilizer

The common thread among the disparate things in the title is hydrogen, whether green, gray or pitch black. What, you might ask does hydrogen have to do with forklifts, cryptocurrency and green fertilizer? Read on. Let’s start with forklifts. Recently they splashed across screens again, as Amazon installed a hydrogen … [continued]