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2025: an ammonia energy rollercoaster

Julian Atchison December 17, 2025

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.

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Methane Pyrolysis for Turquoise Hydrogen

Bernd Haveresch

KBR & Hazer Cooperation: Demonstrate a scalable catalytic methane pyrolysis pathway for low-carbon hydrogen and graphite co-production. Explore value proposition & technical developments.

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Addressing Green Ammonia Cost and Blue Ammonia CO2 Sequestration Challenges with Methane Pyrolysis

Dennis Lippmann

Methane pyrolysis offers a cost-effective alternative to green ammonia by producing turquoise hydrogen and valuable carbon byproducts, which can offset production expenses. Unlike blue ammonia, methane pyrolysis avoids reliance on CO2 sequestration infrastructure, making it viable where sequestration is unavailable.

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Ammonia Synthesis - Local, Clean and Green

Yossi Englander

GenCell has developed a novel approach to decentralized green ammonia synthesis relying on intermittent renewable energy. We will present a summary of our experience to date developing a technology and device relying on electrochemical ammonia synthesis from water and air, operating at ambient conditions and suggesting a sustainable and clean alternative to the traditional Haber-Bosch process.

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Ammonia Storage and Transport at Ambient Condition

Morteza Sarp

This presentation introduces AmHyTech’s breakthrough approach to store and transport ammonia under ambient conditions; enabling low-cost, scalable, and safer ammonia logistics for energy, agriculture, and hydrogen applications.

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Scaled Electrochemical Proton Ceramic Reactors for Hydrogen Technologies

Gautier Papon

We present CoorsTek Membrane Sciences’ development of Proton Ceramic Electrochemical Reactors for hydrogen production, highlighting progress from cell level to the current demonstration scale, with a focus on ammonia-to-hydrogen conversion.

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Copenhagen Atomics Waste Burner: paradigm shift for energy production

Thomas Jam Pedersen

Copenhagen Atomics’ Thorium-based, modular reactor can be deployed at scale to provide consistent power for electrolysis, unlocking GW-scale plants.

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Ammisorb: Efficient Separation for Decentralized Green Ammonia

Anastasiia Karabanova

Ammisorb’s solution offers efficient seperation of product ammonia from decentralized, green ammonia production reactors. Compared to the current chiller method, Sorption Booster offers higher efficiencies, lower CAPEX costs, and is an ideal with renewable-power based systems.

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Building a Sustainable Future: The Role of Pricing in Ammonia

Diana Castillo

What is the importance of price transparency in building new ammonia markets, and how can robust price assessments and benchmarks be set?

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Market-based Mechanisms for Low-Emission Ammonia-based Fertilizer

Ash Khetpal

Foodstuff buyers are key to unlocking a critical decarbonization pathway for ammonia vis-à-vis investments in low-emission fertilizers, which represent ~70% of the use case for ammonia today. I will discuss how market-based mechanisms like book and claim in particular has the power to activate the green ammonia market. *Please note, this presentation will not be made publicly available.