Japanese glass bottle manufacturer Nihon Yamamura Glass and the University of Osaka will embark on a research project to substitute city gas fuel for ammonia fuel in glass manufacturing.
One spot per week will be allocated to a vessel registered as dual-fuel and capable of operating on at least one lower-emission fuel, such as ammonia. For the initial phases of the scheme, immediate use of the fuel will not be required, and the Canal Authority “recognize the investment and capacity to operate them once supply becomes available”.
Lotte Fine Chemical will supply, transport and store clean ammonia fuel for GS E&C and Amogy’s distributed power generation demonstration project in Pohang. Hear directly from the project leaders at our upcoming annual conference in Houston.
1PointFive and Enbridge will develop the Pelican Sequestration Hub, anchored by a 25 year offtake agreement between CF Industries and 1PointFive for ~2.3 million tons of CO2 per year from the Blue Point ammonia mega-project.
At the recent GasTech event in Italy, new agreements were signed for the development and execution of floating ammonia cracking (MOL and KBR), gas-based ammonia production (SBM Offshore), and renewable electricity-based ammonia production (H2Carrier).
Poland-based developer Hynfra has signed a framework agreement with the government of Mauritania for a renewable project near the capital city Nouakchott, producing 100,000 tons per year of renewable ammonia from 2030.
Clariant will manufacture catalysts for a new electric steam methane reformer (eSMR) project, which will begin producing 150 tons per day of syngas from 2026. The 10 MW unit will be fed with renewable electricity, producing syngas for a to-be-named German customer.
The Hydrogen Council has released its first Global Hydrogen Compass report, a state-of-play look at the industry. Ammonia is currently the largest offtake sector for clean hydrogen, accounting for 43% of the 3.6 million tons per year of binding offtake secured to date. Policy and regulatory clarity will be key to locking in further offtake, and developing the impressive global project pipeline.
Hanwha Power Systems has received Approval in Principle from the American Bureau of Shipping for its ammonia gas turbine conversion design. Hanwha and partners are aiming for conversion of LNG carriers by 2028.
At the recent Japan-India Summit, the governments committed to cooperation on R&D, development of policy, regulations, market mechanisms, infrastructure, and the establishment of a hydrogen/ammonia trade corridor between India and Japan.