• Latest ammonia market trends and emerging opportunities in the marine, power and hard-to-abate sectors
• Green and blue ammonia supply development
• Key market drivers (FuelEU Maritime, EU ETS etc.)

Ammonia is emerging as a key hydrogen carrier in the global low-carbon energy landscape. Efficient and flexible ammonia cracking is critical to unlocking its potential for on-demand hydrogen production. Plasma-based ammonia cracking offers a transformative pathway, leveraging non-equilibrium activation under mild conditions for rapid response and direct integration with intermittent renewable electricity. This approach provides a flexible and distributed solution for hydrogen generation, supporting a resilient and sustainable energy infrastructure. This presentation will discuss the economic potential of plasma-based ammonia cracking, focusing on hydrogen production cost, system scalability, and integration with renewable energy, highlighting opportunities for a viable and sustainable hydrogen economy.

This presentation explores advanced catalyst technologies enabling the low-carbon ammonia economy.

As ammonia emerges as the most cost-competitive hydrogen carrier (121 kg H₂/m³ energy density), catalysts become essential for both synthesis and cracking processes.

The AMON project develops and validates a Direct Ammonia Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (DA-SOFC) system for clean, high-efficiency stationary power generation. The consortium covers the full value chain from cell and stack design, testing, and safety validation to system integration and techno-economic assessment. Technical results demonstrate electrical efficiencies above 65%, with total efficiencies exceeding 85% when integrated with CHP. The techno-economic analysis confirms that CAPEX targets below 3,000 €/kW are achievable at pre-industrial scale, significantly improving LCOE and financial performance. Emissions analysis shows up to ~96% CO₂ reduction when using green ammonia compared to grey pathways. The results identify off-grid and port cold-ironing applications as promising early markets, providing a technically validated and economically credible pathway toward commercial deployment.

Efficient ammonia extraction remains one of the key challenges for next-generation green ammonia systems. Conventional technologies rely on energy-intensive refrigeration and compression, which increase system complexity, cost, and energy demand.

This presentation introduces a sorption-based approach to ammonia extraction using advanced solid sorbents. The technology enables direct ammonia extraction from synthesis gas at near-ambient temperature, significantly reducing energy consumption while improving overall process efficiency.

The talk will discuss the principles of sorption-driven ammonia extraction, its integration into modern ammonia synthesis systems, and the potential impact on the economics of green ammonia production. Early prototype development and pilot-scale deployment plans will also be presented.