ACWA and Italian gas pipeline operator Snam have agreed to explore collaboration and joint investments to establish a supply chain to Europe, including the development of an ammonia import terminal in southern Italy.
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Italy Gas and Heat partners with RINA for an ammonia-fueled bunker vessel
Italian class society RINA will work with LNG-specialist Gas and Heat to develop an integrated cargo and fuel gas system for an ammonia-fueled bunker vessel. The vessel development builds on two technology designs from Gas and Heat already certified by Bureau Veritas: an Ammonia Fuel Supply System and an LNG-ammonia dual purpose tank.
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Yara: decarbonising ammonia production in Italy
Yara and a consortium of industrial partners will join forces to develop a CCS project near the cities of Ravenna and Ferrara in northern Italy. The partners represent a wide range of energy-intensive industries, including Yara’s two fertiliser & urea production plants. The Ravenna project would capture emissions from industrial facilities in the area, transport and permanently store them in depleted gas fields in the Adriatic Sea. The project is the first of its kind in Italy.
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The Emerging Ammonia-Methanol Dialectic
Based on recent press reports, ammonia has a new friend: methanol. With the two upstart fuels being mentioned together with increasing frequency, they seem poised to develop on parallel paths as each seeks market applications where it can become a mainstay solution.