Amogy’s goal is for transformed tugboat to take its preliminary ammonia-powered voyage on an inland waterway in New York State later this 12 months.
Aiming for a world-first, Brooklyn, N.Y., based mostly ammonia-to-power innovator Amogy Inc. is retrofitting a 1957-built tugboat to make use of its expertise, which cracks liquid ammonia to supply hydrogen.
The tugboat, which makes use of diesel turbines and turbines, was sourced via Feeney Shipyard in Kingston, N.Y., who will lead retrofitting building, engine removing and extra underneath supervision of C-Job Naval Architects, the impartial ship design firm integrating the ammonia system.
The objective is for the transformed vessel to take its preliminary ammonia-powered voyage on an inland waterway in New York State later this 12 months.
It can be outfitted with a 1-megawatt model of the Amogy system, 3 times bigger than that field-tested by Amogy on a semi truck earlier this 12 months.
The Amogy expertise feeds liquid ammonia via its cracking modules built-in right into a hybrid gas cell system, which powers the electrical motors for zero-carbon transport.
“We’re incredibly proud of unveiling the first ammonia-powered vessel later this year — especially because of the hope, promise and anticipation that ammonia has built as a zero-emission fuel in the heavy transportation industry — specifically in regards to maritime shipping,” stated Seonghoon Woo, CEO of Amogy. “This is the first milestone of many you will see from Amogy in accelerating the accessibility and scalability of clean energy in the global maritime industry. With successful demonstrations of our ammonia-powered drone, tractor and semi-truck under our belts, we look forward to presenting the first ammonia-powered ship in 2023, with a target to fully commercialize in 2024.”
Green ammonia
Yara Clean Ammonia (YCA), one of many world’s largest ammonia producers, and the most important dealer and shipper of ammonia world wide, can be offering inexperienced ammonia, produced with renewable power, for the demonstration.
Magnus Ankarstrand, president of YCA, says: “We are excited to be a part of Amogy’s tugboat project and to deliver green ammonia as a fuel for the world’s first vessel powered by ammonia. Yara Clean Ammonia plans to launch the world’s first Ammonia Bunker Network in Scandinavia, which is expected to expand YCA’s capacity to produce and ship ammonia globally.”
Other companions collaborating on the mission embody Seam, Amogy’s electrical methods integrator, and Stonybrook, N.Y,, based mostly Unique Technical Solutions (UTS) which is dealing with {the electrical} and methods work concerned in scaling up the powerpack for pre-commercial use.
Amogy has been working with the U.S. Coast Guard and partnering with main classification society DNV to make sure shut alignment with all maritime security requirements.
“DNV has been working with Amogy since December 2021, focusing on the safety aspects of the development of their ammonia system,” says DNV’s senior marketing consultant in maritime environmental expertise, Hans-Christian Wintervoll. “A high-level feasibility study was executed in early 2022, and Amogy has shown great momentum in development from that point, through the HAZID workshop in June the same year, to the HAZOP workshop in January this year. DNV is pleased to contribute to their continued success.”
To date, Amogy has raised $70 million in funding from strategic traders equivalent to Amazon, Saudi Aramco, SK Innovation, AP Ventures and DCVC.
