Hy2gen and Amogy to advance use of renewable ammonia as bunker fuel

Hy2gen, global operator of renewable hydrogen and hydrogen-based e-fuels plants, and Amogy, provider of ammonia power technology, on Friday (17 November) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate in the field of renewable ammonia. 

The agreement encompasses the pooling of resources to advance the use of renewable ammonia as a maritime fuel, participate in joint development projects and secure the safe usage of ammonia on board maritime vessels.

The two partners, Amogy and Hy2gen, offer crucial insight in the ammonia-to-power value chain. Amogy with the Powerpack technology, that allows ammonia to be an efficient energy carrier, and Hy2gen, as a developer, financier, builder, owner and operator of renewable ammonia plants for deployment in the maritime industry.

Amogy’s ammonia-to-power solution aims to decarbonize the hard-to-abate sectors, including shipping, power generation, and heavy-duty transportation. 

With Amogy’s scalable solution, tested in a drone, in a tractor and in a semi-trailer, the maritime industry awaits a solution to introduce ammonia as an energy carrier on board vessels. The technology will soon be scaled to 1MW ready for use in a tugboat. These are important steps to demonstrate the readiness of the technology, preceding the commercialization of the ammonia-to-power solution for the global maritime market.

Hy2gen is one of three partners in the Iverson eFuels project in Sauda working to secure renewable ammonia to the maritime fleet along the 2000-kilometer Norwegian coast. The strong infrastructure of harbors along the Northern Sea allows Hy2gen Norge to focus on the maritime sector as clients and as a means of transport to other markets mainly in Europe.

Cyril-Dufau-Sansot, CEO of Hy2gen AG, said: “Norway will play an important role in the production of renewable ammonia for shipping in the future. As a globally active company, it is particularly important to us at Hy2gen that solutions based on renewable hydrogen are produced in the respective countries that offer the best conditions for this. We are very pleased that Amogy will now be supporting us as a renowned partner in Norway and would very much welcome the expansion of this cooperation to other countries.”

Seonghoon Woo, CEO of Amogy, said: “We are very excited for this partnership with Hy2gen, a global leader in renewable hydrogen and ammonia productions. This collaboration is timely and critical to enable renewable ammonia-driven decarbonization of shipping and other heavy industries, starting from Norway. We will contitnue to collaborate to bring the partnership to other countries together.”

Photo credit: Hy2gen
Published: 22 November, 2023