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Green Ammonia and Biomethanol fuel MAritime Vessels

Project description

The seas may soon be navigated with greener, more efficient strides

Amidst growing concerns over maritime emissions, traditional fuel sources continue to pose environmental threats. Commercial vessels, reliant on very low sulphur fuel oil, contribute significantly to air and water pollution. Addressing this urgent issue, the EU-funded GAMMA project aims to revolutionise energy conversion technologies. By integrating biomethanol and NH3 fuels, alongside advanced fuel systems like biomethanol reformers and NH3 crackers, GAMMA seeks to significantly reduce emissions in commercial vessels. The project’s goal is retrofitting an Ultramax bulk carrier for international routes, showcasing the viability of alternative fuels and systems. Its objectives include vessel retrofit success, safe operations demonstration, and testing the sustainable fuel value chain.

Objective

GAMMA features 16 of the most important innovators and disruptors in the maritime sector. GAMMA partners will design, test and validate the very best energy conversion technologies and integrate them on an ocean-going vessel on international sea / ocean routes.

The main goal of GAMMA is to support commercial vessels in their energy transition by demonstrating the safe integration of fuels (biomethanol and NH3), and fuel systems (biomethanol reformer, NH3 cracker and 1MW low-temperature PEM fuel cell) to provide an Ultramax bulk carrier with substantial emissions savings by performing steam reforming and ammonia cracking instead of combusting Very Low Sulfur Fuel Oil (through the replacement of auxiliary engines, which will stay as a back-up).

Among the objectives of the project, GAMMA will (1) successfully retrofit the vessel, (2) show that ship operations can be handled in a safe manner and (3) test the availability of the sustainable fuel value chain for maritime vessels.

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HORIZON-IA - HORIZON Innovation Actions

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(opens in new window) HORIZON-CL5-2023-D5-01

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VERKIS HF
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€ 408 590,00
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OFANLEITI 2
103 Reykjavik
Iceland

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Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
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€ 583 700,00

Participants (16)

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