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H2Global: a clean ammonia market maker
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To open the AEA’s 2024 Annual Conference in New Orleans, H2Global Managing Director Timo Bollerhey presented updates from the “green market maker”. To meet global climate targets, we need to accelerate market creation and maturation, and push past key tipping points. H2Global does this by bridging the green premium gap between sellers and buyers and facilitating transactions for clean commodities. A successful first ammonia auction was concluded in 2024, informing plans for a second, larger, truly global auction round that will be launched in the near future.

Ammonia Energy Conference 2024: Ammonia for Maritime Propulsion is full speed ahead!
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During the recent 2024 Ammonia Energy Conference, we explored all the latest developments in ammonia-powered maritime propulsion. Engine makers reported strong progress ahead of deployment in 2026, the same year that large-scale vessels will hit the water. The panel explored early operations for the ammonia-powered A-Tug in Japan, as well as ancillary technology systems required for maritime ammonia engines, catalyst after-treatment systems for emission mitigation, and the potential for fuel additives to boost ammonia engine performance.

A Drop-in HB Catalyst to Reduce Synloop OpEx by up to 47%
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Copernic Catalysts, a Boston-based startup, has leveraged its proprietary discovery platform to develop a drop-in base-metal HB synthesis catalyst that strongly outperforms the best catalysts on the market under mild operating conditions. We are looking for partners in ammonia production/reactor design that are interested in testing our transformational catalyst technology.

Sunborne reborn!
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Despite successfully demonstrating 56kW of controlled combustion of partially cracked ammonia in October 2023, Sunborne Systems was unable to secure Series A funding at the beginning of 2024. Since then, the co-founders have secured UK government funding to tackle two of the challenges set out for Series A funding: to further develop their patented catalysts and to address issues associated with ammonia slippage and NOx emissions. Future opportunities will be discussed.

Jupiter Ionics – scaling Lithium-mediated nitrogen reduction for Green Ammonia
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The Lithium-mediated pathway is one of the most promising avenues to Green Ammonia production at near-ambient temperatures and pressures, lending itself to a more decentralized production model than traditional chemistries. In this talk Dr Day will provide an update on the scale-up and commercialization of Jupiter Ionics’ electrochemical ammonia process, which builds on the foundational research of Prof Douglas Macfarlane at Monash University.