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Joint Project Claims Ammonia Should be Used in Fuel Cells for Shipping, Not Engines
Ammonia will be more effective as a source of energy for the shipping industry if used in fuel cells rather than burned in engines, according to a new industry group seeking to develop the technology.
Alfa Laval, DTU Energy, Haldor Topsoe, Svitzer and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping have launched a joint project to accelerate the development of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), the organisations said in an emailed statement Monday.
The SOFC4Maritime project will take ammonia-based fuel cells as its initial focus.
"By electrochemically converting fuel into electricity, SOFCs can potentially produce power with higher efficiency than internal combustion engines running on the same fuel – without creating polluting emissions or particulates," the organisations said in the statement.
"Ammonia-based SOFCs are especially attractive, since ammonia can be produced in large scale using renewable electricity and no biomass resource."
In November classification society ABS signed a deal with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering to develop the use of SOFCs on board VLCCs.
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| Rotterdam | 512.00 | 3.50 | 676.00 | 9.00 |
| Houston | 552.00 | 3.00 | 682.00 | 4.00 |
| Fujairah | 555.50 | 7.50 | 753.00 | 1.50 |
| Global 20 Ports Average | 583.50 | 4.00 | 762.50 | 2.50 |
| Global 4 Ports Average | 546.50 | 4.50 | 697.50 | 2.50 |
| Global Average Bunker Price | 632.50 | 2.00 | 811.00 | 1.50 |
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