Amogy Using Ammonia to Power World’s 1st Zero Emissions Tugboat

From time to time, we notice stories about ammonia, which crop up in our natural gas news feeds. Ammonia (NH3) is produced commercially via the catalytic reaction of nitrogen and hydrogen at high temperature and pressure. Some 95% of all hydrogen is produced by cracking methane (natural gas). Ergo, ammonia is ultimately made from natural gas. One particular story caught our attention. A startup company in Brooklyn, NY, is working on converting an old tug boat from burning diesel to burning ammonia. The company, called Amogy (a portmanteau of ammonia and energy), says the future of shipping is ammonia for fuel.

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