Enova awards funding to 15 projects exploring ammonia bunkering in Norway
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Norwegian state-owned enterprise Enova on Wednesday (5 February) announced 15 projects have been awarded pre-project funding to explore investments in bunkering facilities for ammonia as a marine fuel.
The projects cover the Norwegian coast from the Oslo Fjord in the south to Troms in the north.
“We received more applications than we had expected in this round. This shows that many players are working purposefully on projects to offer bunkering of ammonia to the maritime sector, and this is gratifying to see,” said Børge Noddeland, who is responsible for the Pre-project maritime technology support programme.
The companies to receive support for their projects are:
- Ammonia AS
- AZANE Fuel Solutions
- Boreal sjø AS
- Grieg Group Ammonia Distribution Vessels AS
- Hitra Municipality
- Iverson eFuels AS
- Neptun Tromsø AS
- Skiga AS
The projects receive up to NOK 500,000 (USD 44,463) in support, and have six months to mature the projects towards a possible investment decision and realisation of the projects. In the next round, the best projects will be able to apply for investment support from Enova for the upcoming support programme “Bunkering plants for ammonia.”
“To succeed with this initiative, we are dependent on good projects in all parts of the value chain. Now an important next step is to establish infrastructure for bunkering ammonia along the Norwegian coast,” said Sigmund Ø. Størset, goal manager for hydrogen at Enova.
“It is therefore very positive to see that so many players are working on this part of the value chain, and that the geographical spread of the projects covers large parts of the Norwegian coast.”
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Published: 6 February, 2025
