To highlight the progress and current status of the AEA’s Ammonia Certification System pilot, we recently held an exploratory webinar session. Learn about key system elements, what the Certification System is designed to achieve.
In our latest technology landscape analysis, AEA Technology Manager Kevin Rouwenhorst explores four broad categories for novel ammonia production technologies: improved catalysts, sorbent enhancement, electrochemical ammonia synthesis, and other technology pathways (including geological, single-step and looping synthesis).
Despite the successes and progress made in 2025, the year remains a missed opportunity for ammonia energy. The first complete supply chains for renewable ammonia are emerging, and some 600,000 tons of annual production capacity is set to be online in northeast China early next year. Maritime engines, cracking, and power & heat technology solutions also made their mark, moving from feasibility into deployment. But disappointing outcomes at the IMO and government support that failed to spark market development remains an issue, with plenty of critical, detail-heavy work ahead of us in 2026.
Explore the AEA’s now-operational Certification System. AEA Certification Project Manager Madhav Acharya will be joined in conversation by Nick Cook (CF Industries), and Vibeke Rasmussen (Yara Clean Ammonia).
Following the publication of the AEA’s new report on ammonia gas detection, members of the task force that developed the report joined experts and AEA staff for a launch webinar. We discussed the key takeaways from the report, must-knows and first steps for deploying ammonia gas detection, common misconceptions, and the challenges ahead for effectively utilizing ammonia gas detection in new ammonia energy applications.
One of the key steps in project development remains the selection of the licensor for the renewable ammonia synthesis loop. We explore different technology offerings from leading licensors – including KBR, Topsoe, Thyssenkrupp Uhde, Casale, Stamicarbon, and GoodChina – as well as the growing list of projects where they are being deployed.
Today, the LEAF Initiative launched publicly at COP30, with an Action Statement that the AEA supports, identifying three priorities for collective action.
The outcome leaves the global shipping industry with a target to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, but – for now – no detailed pathway to reach those targets. The result also leaves a certainty gap, delaying critical investment in zero or near-zero (ZNZ) fuels and propulsion technologies. Despite the setback, work on finer details and mechanisms to be included in the framework continued this week in London.