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2025: an ammonia energy rollercoaster
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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.

ARISE Project Status
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ARISE Project Status

Laurent Ruhlman

Ammonia/Sea water interaction still contains critical knowledge gaps that prevent us using consistently existing consequence modelling tools. ARISE project is specially designed to improve this situation. Despite important logistic and scientific challenges, ARISE project is progressing well and should reach final deliverable Q2 next year.

Global Maritime Forum: alternative fuels rapidly progressing to commercial deployment
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Global Maritime Forum: alternative fuels rapidly progressing to commercial deployment

Julian Atchison August 21, 2025

GMF’s new report finds that both ammonia and methanol fuels are now “ready” for commercial deployment, but a concerted push is required to enable scale-up beyond 2030. The report highlights the increased familiarity (and confidence) from key maritime stakeholders with ammonia fuel, and a recommendation to independently verify emissions from the first ammonia-fueled vessels.

Training simulators for marine ammonia fuel
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Training simulators for marine ammonia fuel

Julian Atchison August 11, 2025

Wärtsilä has supplied a new advanced simulation suite for the Akademi Laut Malaysia (ALAM) maritime training institute, featuring dual-fuel simulator technology and training for methanol and ammonia fuels across different engine types. In Kochi, India, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) has just launched its first methanol bunker simulator, with an ammonia version to follow in early 2026.