Ammonia Energy: From H2 Carrier To Low Carbon Fuel

Largely overlooked by the international fervour around the “hydrogen economy”, the ammonia energy industry has been quietly developing its own infrastructure to take full advantage of the growing demand for low carbon energy sources. And clearly ammonia can complement hydrogen- with its higher energy density and lower cost transportation and storage capabilities.

Ammonia as a renewable energy commodity

The leading market worldwide for ammonia as an energy commodity is Japan, which endorses ammonia both as the carrier of carbon-free consumption energy and a fuel itself, as seen with the recent announcement of a co-firing large-scale commercial power plant using NH3 and coal.

Worldwide, technologies to deploy ammonia for reciprocating engines, gas turbines and propulsion, as well as fuel cells, are proceeding with some momentum. Removing the need to “crack” ammonia back into hydrogen, with its resulting energy loss, arguably brings ammonia energy out from under