Our CAMPFIRE information event at the Rhine ports in Karlsruhe was a successful event with lively participation by stakeholders from business, administration, politics and science. Ammonia as the green energy supply of the future for the Rhine ports and as a central energy vector for the accelerated market ramp-up of green hydrogen — this was…
CAMPFIRE and HiPowAR were presented by Drs Angela Kruth (INP) and Olga Ravkina (IKTS) at the Research and Innovation Working Group Workshop of the German Chemical Industry Association Northeast (VCI Nordost) at YARA Rostock. The meeting focused on the potential uses of ammonia for the energy transition and the decarbonization of the industry, with the…
A very intriguing location for the Ammonia Workshop of Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, organised by German Energy Agency (dena) at Fabrik 23 GmbH in a proper Berliner Hinterhof. More surprising the title though : „Ammonia as a Hydrogen Transport Vector — Vision Or Fiction“. To all of us who have been…
On 9th September, the „Ammonia Sherpa“ went onto her way to the 8th Rostock Large Engine Symposium. Leaving Greifswald-Wieck in the early morning, she headed via Stralsund to Rostock-Hohe Düne. The core technologies of future ammonia-powered ships could be visited on board: ammonia cracker system by Zentrum für BrennstoffzellenTechnik (ZBT) ammonia-and-hydrogen-operated ICE developed by DEUTZ…
A great project meeting at Fraunhofer IKTS in Hermsdorf of some members of the HiPowAR team, discussing the final reactor concept and timeline until implementation of the containerised reactor module in spring 2025. HiPowAR under the umbrella of the CAMPFIRE alliance is funded by Horizon 2020 FET Proactive — part of the Enhanced European Innovation…
A great workshop as part of the NAPS National Action Plan for Climate-Friendly Shipping, under the auspices of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and the German Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport and excellently organized and supervised by NOW GmbH. We had very interesting discussions and the opportunity to put forward…
If more ships use green ammonia as an alternative fuel in the future, a corresponding bunker infrastructure must also be created. Ship-to-ship refueling is an option for the flexible supply of seagoing vessels. In the DST sub-project “CF10_2.1 Bunker barge”, a corresponding small bunker vessel was designed for the market ramp-up and tested on…
Ammonia is a reliable workhorse that can overcome many hurdles in the implementation of hydrogen. But how can we integrate ammonia into regional value chains and existing production processes? Our CAMPFIRE spokesperson Dr. Angela Kruth was able to discuss these questions together with Dr. Michael Poschmann from the TransHyDE research network AmmoRef at the digital…
A great HAZID Workshop CAMPFIRE GreenBalticCruising at DNV in Hamburg! Just spent two days identifying possible hazards and discussing safety measures during operation and bunkering as part of our study of feasibility of ammonia-powered sustainable cruise liners carried out by a great team of partners Carnival Maritime GmbH, DNV Foreship Ltd. ROSTOCK PORT Zentrum für…
The CAMPFIRE PK1 Workshop 2024 was dedicated to the topic of “Materials and manufacturing processes for ammonia synthesis and hydrogen technologies”. Around 30 participants gathered at Wismar University of Applied Sciences for keynote speeches and a world café moderated by Dr. Annette Surkus (LIKAT) and Robin von Mallinckrodt (ZBT). Particular highlights were presentations by our…
A sunny and exciting morning in the marina of Yachtwerft Greifswald with around 30 guests of the German-Polish business trip as part of a great event organized by the information and advisory network of the Euroregion Pomerania and the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald. We have so much in common with our Polish neighbors — the location…
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Ammonia is a new carbon-free fuel that must be handled with respect because of its toxicity. At RelyOn (Global) in Esbjerg CAMPFIRE partners from the maritime industry just spent three days learning how to address spillages and leakages during utilization of ammonia in shipping by established safety measures. Although such szenarios can be prevented in…
A very productive and interesting day for CAMPFIRE at the kick-off event for the National Action Plan for Climate-Friendly Shipping at the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport, organized by NOW GmbH. After an opening by Federal Minister Volker Wissing and State Secretary Udo Philipp from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, the…
Brilliant presentation by our CAMPFIRE partner Annalena Braun of Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) at the 13th Dessauer Gas-Motoren Konferenz, organised by WTZ Roßlau . Annalena presented her outstanding results on development of an ammonia powered cracker-supported marine drive for inland water way shipping. For further details on the project and partners please also visit…
CAMPFIRE Green Ammonia Technologies for Brazil! We had a very exciting time at the Brazilian Northeast: Green Industry & Energy Transition Opportunities event at the Mariott Hotel in Berlin last week. Strong partnerships are the key for decarbonisation of the global energy market and supply chains. Future cooperations will be in innovations and roll-out of…
We had a very nice and productive time at the TransHyDE plenary meeting in Erfurt! The positive vibe and partnership in the exchange and brainstorming for the next phase from 2026 were remarkable. They are a sign of how much the partners have grown together in the phase so far to work together for the…
A sunny day of renewable energy in Anklam! Together with our sister alliance as part of the WIR! Change through Innovation program line of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research BiogeniV www.biogeniv.de, we spent a great and interesting day on the market square of the old handicraft town. Sustainable structural change in structurally weak…
Legal Framework and acceptance CF11_3 Project costs: 128 T€ Project Period: 04/2023–03/2025 Partners: Overview: The prospect of using ammonia as a fuel and storage medium for hydrogen in shipping, as envisaged in CAMPFIRE, opens up a new area of application for the chemical. Ammonia (NH3) as a maritime fuel is a new field of application…
Green Ammonia CF06_6 Project costs: 1.386 T€ Project Period: 01/2024–12/2025 Partners: Overview: The production of ammonia from renewable energies is one of the main tasks of the CAMPFIRE alliance. The aim of this sub-project is to expand and optimize a reactor concept for the synthesis of ammonia. The power density of the Haber-Bosch reactor will…
Thin films CF04_3 Project costs: 747 T€ Project Period: 05/2022–04/2024 Partners: Overview: Solid-state ammonia synthesis (SSAS) is an attractive electrochemical process that enables the production of ammonia directly from water vapor and nitrogen, classically at temperatures around 450–550 °C. In the Spudnik project, metal-supported membrane electron assemblies (MEAs) are produced for solid-state ammonia synthesis. Metal…
Thin films CF04_2 Project costs: 1.155 T€ Project Period: 09/2023–10/2024 Partners: Overview: Ammonia is one of the most widely utilized chemicals in the world and is currently produced from fossil fuels using the Haber-Bosch process. This process is responsible for 1.5 % of global carbon dioxide emissions. However, given the need to reduce the associated…
Thin films CF04_4 Project costs: 750 T€ Project Period: 07/2022–06/2024 Partners: Overview: Water electrolysis is a key technology for splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen using renewable energies. Green hydrogen is considered a promising energy carrier for a sustainable future and is produced by electrolysis using renewable energies. In the CF04_4 project, the innovative approach…
Small projects usually have a limited scope. Our „small“ project CF07_1 demonstrates the core technologies of a complete ammonia maritime drive — hybridised ammonia SOFC, cracker and combustion engine — including control and safety systems. Work on our ammonia-powered yacht was kicked off less than three years ago by nine CAMPFIRE Partners. Their incredibly hard…
The new subproject CF06_6 “Microstructured process-intensified Haber-Bosch reactor” started on January 1st, 2024. The production of ammonia from renewable energies is one of the main tasks of the CAMPFIRE alliance. The aim of this sub-project is to expand and optimize a reactor concept for the synthesis of ammonia. The power density of the Haber-Bosch reactor will…
Pulling together for a greener tomorrow — wishing you a joyful holiday and an innovative New Year! Seasons Greeting from the AmmonYak & CAMPFIRE
Zukunft Gas provides information with exciting events and digital formats on the topics of green gas, hydrogen, the heating market, infrastructure, mobility and logistics. Jens Wartmann, Head of Strategy and Technology at CAMPFIRE, joined Eric Zindel (Siemens Energy) and Peter Steinmüller (Mainova) at Energie Studio Berlin for an exciting exchange on the current status of…
In order to speed up the decarbonization of shipping, the CF08_2 project is developing an ammonia-powered, containerized inland vessel propulsion system with 350 kW propulsion power and evaluating it ” on-land”. Figure 1 shows a schematic representation of the propulsion system. To improve the ignition and efficient conversion of the ammonia in the engine, a…
Within the frame of the CAMPFIRE project CF09 GreenBalticCruising, our partner IKEM has published two further papers dealing with the legal framework for decarbonizing shipping and the use of ammonia in the Baltic Sea. “Clean alternatives are not competitive under the current regulatory framework and in the face of continued low carbon prices. As part…
We are very grateful for the opportunity for our partner alliance to participate in the regional conference “Nachhaltig. Regional. at the Digital Innovation Center Rostock GmbH. In a great panel together with Tom Rückborn (WindEnergy Network e.V.), Dorian Holtz (Theta Concepts GmbH) and Peter Sponholz (APEX Group), superbly moderated by Martin French (Wirtschaftsförderung Landkreis Rostock…
The market ramp-up of hydrogen opens up many new opportunities — for old and new industrial sites. The demand is enormous and the new value chains will change our world. The H2Brasil project supports the growth of green hydrogen in Brazil and aims to improve the technical, institutional and legal conditions for its viability.…
Great presentation by CAMPFIRE partner Martin Stoltmann TAMSEN MARITIM GmbH on a brilliant technical solution for integration of an ammonia cracker — ICE maritime drives into inland cargo vessels. This project is part of the CAMPFIRE project line Ammonia-powered Inland Vessel aiming at the conversion of an inland ammonia bunkering ship “Odin” of Spetrans GmbH…
Partners of the CF08_2 consortium for development of an ammonia-Cracker-350 kW ICE Genset for inland shipping could book a great success by publishing an article in the current issue of LNG & Future Fuel Report by Schiff & Hafen. Brilliant effort by Annalena Braun and Sören Berhardt at Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Liebherr Components…
It was a great pleasure for Angela Kruth from CAMPFIRE to moderate this impressive panel on green ammonia. Ann-Kathrin Merz (First Ammonia), Ashwani Dudeja (ACME Group), Elli Varkaraki (Yara International), Paolo Brunengo (KBR) and Paul Cox (Proton Ventures). Our main message was that Ammonia is a safe fuel and a cost-efficient way to store and…
The transport chain for green ammonia via sea starts and ends with a terminal in each case. Terminals therefore represent land-based collection or distribution hubs. As a result, they have a very significant infrastructural function. Due to this importance, the CAMPFIRE project CF10_3 onshore ammonia refueling plant with partners University Rostock, ZBT, ISC and INP…
CAMPFIRE bundles development activities for the entire hydrogen transport chain based on green ammonia. In subproject CF06_3 of the CAMPFIRE implementation project, the goal is the development of a dynamic Haber-Bosch synthesis reactor for the seasonal storage of fluctuating regenerative energy in ammonia. For this purpose, a new process technology is being developed that can…
Ammonia is considered to be one of the most economical energy carriers in terms of storage and transport when it comes to building the Germany-wide hydrogen infrastructure. In order to fully exploit the potential of NH3 at this point, however, consistent development of dynamic conversion technologies for stationary and mobile applications is required. In commercially…
Our CAMPFIRE speaker was thrilled to be part of the Green Hydrogen Business Alliance Panel on “The Potential of Green Ammonia in Developing and Emerging Countries”. Together with amazing Jane Leung from SYSTEMIQ LtD, Andrea Guati Rojo from Ammonia Energy Association, Jak Koseff from Sasol, Gregorz Pawelec from Hydrogen Europe and Farhanja Wahabzada from GIZ,…
Under the motto “Accelerating Europe’s hydrogen economy now: joint forces for energy autonomy and CO2 neutrality”, the H2 Forum brought together the entire green hydrogen value chain. Energy suppliers, automotive and industrial companies, technology manufacturers and research institutions discussed ideas on how to make the transition to a green hydrogen economy in Europe. Together with…
CF12_2 HiPowAR Period: 09/2020–06/2025 Partners: Description: The EU project HiPowAR is a joint European project of the CAMPFIRE alliance and is being carried out by the partners Maston AB (Sweden), Ranotor (Sweden), University Politecnico di Milano (Italy), Center for Fuel Cell Technology (ZBT, Germany) and Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems (IKTS, Germany) under the…
A great opportunity to get to know the CAMPFIRE partner alliance was offered to visitors of the CAMPFIRE Amphitheater at the Long Night of Knowledge. We got into conversation with visitors to the booth about the many benefits of ammonia for the future carbon-free energy economy and presented our field of work, projects and partners.…
On this day, everything revolves around renewable energies and sustainable living with campaigns throughout Germany. Again in super tandem team with our partner ENERTRAG, we presented topics around wind and solar energy and their storage in ammonia at the Greifswald marketplace. The energy transition can be sustainable and economical and also offer reliable solutions for…
We are still so very chuffed about an invitation by the Maritime Directors to the Ammonia Energy Association, Sofia and Conor Fürstenberg Stott to present at the Maritime Ammonia Insights webinar. This is a great monthly webinar series for the AEA and extended networks, exploring current developments in progressing ammonia as a maritime fuel, with…
After the partners of the PC3 met and exchanged on the topic of ammonia ships online in 2021, we were able to hold an excellent workshop in wonderful Duisburg this year! The host was the ZBT The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Centre — not only the main technology provider in our alliance, but also responsible…
On March 31, 2023, IKEM hosted an interdisciplinary online workshop on the decarbonization of Baltic shipping and the use of alternative fuels in the Baltic Sea region with experts from science and practice. The discussion focused in particular on the legal options for establishing ammonia as a maritime fuel in the region. Further details on…
The subproject CF08_2 will realize the demonstration of the propulsion system for an inland waterway vessel, which is operated with ammonia as fuel. For stable ignition of the ammonia-air-mixture in the engine, as a novelty in this project, a partial stream of the ammonia is passed over a cracker before the engine, where it is…
In a two-day workshop by CAMPFIRE partner Port Rostock, the partners of the CAMPFIRE projects CF09 GreenBalticCruising and CF10 Flexible Refueling System were discussing fundamental and specific aspects of a safety concept for ammonia bunkering at Port Rostock. Different ship-to-ship, shore-to-ship and truck-to-ship scenarios for a cruise ship, a Baltic Sea ferry and a cement…
Two exciting days for all partners of our CAMPFIRE implementation project in the BMBF flagship TransHyDE! Prof. Hinrich Mohr, GKE — GasKraft Engineering, and Klaas Büsen, Wismar University of Applied Sciences, Institute for Innovative Ship Simulation and Maritime Systems (ISSIMS), Department of Maritime Plant Engineering and Logistics, represented the project teams of the CAMPFIRE project…
Wishing you a happy holiday season and a successful new year! Festive greetings from the AmmonYak & CAMPFIRE
As part of the 14th Trilateral Wadden Sea Conference, where representatives of federal and state authorities from the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany discussed further action to protect the Wadden Sea, an exciting side event on the WATTfossilfrei project took place at the Logenhaus Wilhelmshaven. Various suppliers of fossil-free propulsion concepts such as Torqeedo and GPJoule…
Our this year’s partner workshop of the product category 2 generation of green ammonia took place in the new schooling room of the industrial park of YARA GmbH & Co KG in Poppendorf . Discussions of the approximately 30 participants moderated by Prof. Udo Kragl, Institute of Chemistry at University of Rostock, and Dr. Walther…
The focus of the Harbour-Workshop was the issue of transport as a decisive factor for the rapid ramp-up of the green hydrogen economy in Europe and worldwide. In addition to pipelines, ports in particular play a crucial role. Possible obstacles along this path must be identified and these must be translated into research questions that…
CAMPFIRE at the The European Hydrogen Week – a fantastic event joining industry, policymakers, researchers and the public to shape the potential for clean hydrogen technologies and discuss latest developments. The European Hydrogen Week 2022 was co-organised by the Clean Hydrogen Partnership and its members, the European Commission, Hydrogen Europe, and Hydrogen Europe Research. Our…
On October 21, 2022, around 120 national and international stakeholders from business, politics and research met for the CAMPFIRE Symposium 2022 at the Ozeaneum Stralsund. Under the motto “Green Ammonia Technologies for Energy Security, Climate Protection and Economic Growth”, companies presented their plans for new applications and implementation concepts. The event kicked off with the…
In the run-up to the symposium, the CAMPFIRE advisory board met in Stralsund to review a further outline together with the strategy team and representatives of the project executing organization Jülich and to open the way to implementation for project CF09_2 “Development and testing of 1500 W SOFC stack modules for direct ammonia operation for…
At the f‑cell in Stuttgart, CAMPFIRE was allowed to contribute to the session “Hydrogen-Carrier: LOHC, Ammonia and Methanol — Current findings on the methods for storing and transporting hydrogen”. The f‑cell in is an impulse event on the topics of hydrogen and fuel cells and their application. Moderated by Prof. Dr. Karsten Pinkwart from the…
In a full-day meeting, the CAMPFIRE Advisory Board, representatives of Project Management Jülich and members of the CAMPFIRE Strategy Team discussed new outlines of the Alliance in the product category “Emission-free Maritime Mobility”. These were presented by the respective project teams: CF07_2 “AmmoCruiser” — functional prototype of a miniaturized ammonia power system for green yachting”…
Speeding up the decarbonization of shipping! — this was the topic of the third LEC Sustainable Shipping Technologies Forum (LSSTF) organized by CAMPFIRE partner LEC GmbH in Graz. Numerous international speakers discussed around the main topic “Green Ports and Infrastructure”. Our partner Prof. Hinrich Mohr from GasKraft Engineering presented the CAMPFIRE — Project Line CF08…
Sun and wind at the business meeting of the Hanseatic City of Rostock! Here, after a reception at Tamsen Maritim GmbH the evening before, around 300 representatives from business, culture and politics met for a networking reception in the Rostock City Hall. In a panel discussion moderated by our Minister of Economy, Infrastructure, Tourism and…
Decarbonizing the Impossible! Fantastic days at up north at the Demo North summit. We are so grateful to Mox Murugan and his colleguages at Invest in Norrbotton. We met such an amazing group of businesses, investors and innovators as well as politicians forming a strong task force to speed up decarbonisation. The global climate crisis…
In addition to the future import of the hydrogen carrier ammonia, decentralized ammonia plants are needed that can efficiently produce green ammonia from fluctuating renewable energy on a small to medium scale. In the future, ammonia farms can cover peak loads and achieve economic operation at an intermediate number of full-load hours of use. In…
Fellow knowers wanted! Ammonia is a fantastic energy storage and carbon-free fuel, but most people know it more as a chemical feedstock for fertilizer production and the building materials industry. At the Long Night of Knowledge 2022 organized by Sphinx ET Agency for Zeitgeist Development, a task force on population acceptance of green ammonia was…
In a first face-to-face event in 2022 at the Estrel Berlin, the CAMPFIRE Advisory Board and representatives of the Project Management Jülich met with members of the Strategy Team. The exchange focused on the increasing entrepreneurial focus of the Alliance in the second phase of implementation with cornerstones CAMPFIRE Open Innovation Labs in Poppendorf and…
In March, the CAMPFIRE alliance of the North-East region successfully completed the interim evaluation by a jury of experts as part of the BMBF program “WIR!-Change through Innovation in the Region. A further budget of 6 million euros was made available to the partners for this purpose. This means that CAMPFIRE technology development and an…
Within the CAMPFIRE project, an electrolyzer and an ammonia synthesis plant, each supplied with renewable energy from wind energy and solar plants, are to be constructed. Against this background, IKEM analyzes the legal requirements for this plant combination in a newly published study within the subproject CF06_2.4 and examines whether privileges or even exemptions from…
During an online event, the CAMPFIRE advisory board, representatives of the BMBF and PtJ, and members of the strategy team met to discuss the status of plans for the CAMPFIRE Open Innovation Lab on the industrial site of YARA Rostock at the Poppendorf location. The focus was also on the start-up and settlement potential in…
In an online session, CAMPFIRE was allowed to present the Extended Concept for the next phase of implementation to the BMBF WIR! reviewers as well as to representatives of the BMBF and PtJ, and to answer the panel’s questions on the interim status on the way to implementing the innovative pathways as well as on…
On January 12, 2022, the kick-off meeting for our project “GreenBalticCruising” of the joint partners Carnival Maritime, Port Rostock, IKEM, ZBT and INP as well as the associated partners DNV and ISC took place in form of an online conference. The use of the new energy carrier ammonia on the Baltic Sea requires a detailed…
Our now third partner workshop in the product category “Emission-free Martime Drives”, focused on the one hand on innovative drive concepts and further on the regulatory framework and safety aspects for ammonia. Very inspiring was the kick-off contribution of Peter de Vos, TU Delft, Netherlands, on SOFC-ICE combined hybrid systems for use as the future…
After intense weeks, many late nights and increased coffee consumption, we have completed our extended CAMPFIRE concept and submitted it to the project sponsor. The strategic development of the Alliance and the roadmap for the next phase is a result of the tireless work and high engagement of the partners during the project meetings, strategy…
The CAMPFIRE advisory board met in a web meeting on October 25. The focus was on the draft concept for the extended implementation phase in the WIR! program of the BMBF, the further developed strategic orientation of the alliance and an exchange on the outlined projects. In particular, the roadmap for the continuation of the…
As an in-person all-day event around Green Ammonia, our symposium on September 30, 2021 was a great pleasure and inspiration for all partners and friends of the CAMPFIRE Alliance. Special highlights were our international guests from the Netherlands, northern Sweden, and Denmark, as well as the real-life exhibition of a hydrogen refueling facility and the…
Wind and Water to Ammonia – Maritime Fuel and Energy Storage for a Zero-Emission Future In-Person Symposium and Ammonia Bunkering Ship Exhibition An all day event dedicated to green ammonia as carbon free hydrogen Thursday, 30th September 2021, 10am-3pm
On August 26, our first CAMPFIRE stakeholder conference took place in the training room of YARA GmbH & Co KG. The aim of the event, to which the CAMPFIRE partners invited numerous stakeholders from state politics, was to present the activities of the CAMPFIRE Alliance of the North-East Region with development lines and goals, as…
Container based cracker gas engine CHP for remote off-grid CF12_1 Project duration: 04/2021–03/2024 Partners: Aim of project: The goal of the subproject is the development of a container-based NH3 CHP plant for a stationary (“remote off-grid”) application in the power range of one megawatt. The development steps include a first literature research, various evaluation steps…
Legal framework and acceptance CF11_1 Project Duration: 04/2021–03/2025 Partners: Project Aim: As an alternative energy and hydrogen carrier, ammonia offers great potential in the energy transition, especially for decarbonizing the mobility sector. In order to lay the foundation for the use of ammonia as an energy carrier, the development of a corresponding ammonia infrastructure is…
Logistics und Infrastructure CF10_1 Project duration: 10/2021–09/2024 Partners: Aim of project: In order to be able to use green ammonia as a transport and storage solution for green hydrogen, an efficient infrastructure and a logistics concept geared to the specific framework conditions are required. The aim of the “Logistics and Infrastructure” sub-project is therefore to…
Flexible NH3 Refueling System CF10_2 Project Duration: 04/2021–03/2023 Partners: With the support of the associated partners: Aim of project: In the sub-project “Flexible NH3 refueling system”, non-stationary options for supplying ships with ammonia as fuel are being developed. Based on data on the current supply of fossil fuels, the temporal and spatial demand for green…
On-Shore NH3 Refueling System CF10_3 Project duration: 04/2021–03/2024 Partners: Aim of project: In order to take over ammonia imports as base load supply for large consumers, a shore-side transhipment facility for the future supply of ships (loading of transport ships as well as bunkering of ammonia-fueled ships) is designed in the subproject CF10_3 of the…
Ammonia to hydrogen fueling station CF10_4 Project duration: 01.04.2022 to 30.03.2025 Partners: Associated Partners: Aim of project: The research project has the goal of developing a plant for the production of hydrogen suitable for refueling from green ammonia. Cost-effective fine purification technologies for the product gas optimization of NH3 crackers are thus an important key…
Ammonia Marine Engine CF08_2 Project duration: 04/2021–03/2024 Partners: Aim of Project: On the way to implementing the energy transition, shipping must also be transformed into an emission-free and climate-neutral area of mobility. The use of “green” ammonia as a carbon-free fuel offers the potential to contribute to achieving this goal for future shipping. Against this…
In April, our second joint project in the product category PK1 CF05_1 “Development of an autothermal, quick-start ammonia membrane reactor based on mixed-conducting thin-film oxygen membranes for optimised processing of ammonia as a carbon-free maritime fuel” started and is funded with ca. 1.2 million € by BMBF WIR over a project duration of 24 months.…
In June, the kick-off meeting of the CAMPFIRE joint project CF07 “Development of the functional model of an ammonia-powered sport yacht with a hybrid system consisting of a solid oxide fuel cell and an engine” of the partners HanseYachts, sunfire, ISC, FVTR, ZBT, IKEM, YARA, autosoft and INP took place. The project is funded with…
In August, our joint project “Development of a concept for the emission-free operation of an inland waterway vessel with ammonia fuel” with the partners ZBT, DST, DNV, HOST, ISV, IKEM, Tamsen Maritim and Weiße Flotte, with a funding volume of € 1.2 million by BMBF WIR! started. The overall goal of the CF08 project line…
The three hydrogen lead projects are a central contribution of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to the implementation of the National Hydrogen Strategy. Taken together, they represent the largest funding initiative of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research on the subject of the energy transition and provide a decisive impetus for…
On 14 July, we were pleased to spend a very exciting day with the team around Jörg Pfeifer — for a small contribution in the programme Umschau on sailing transport. Jörg Pfeifer is a reporter and coffee fan and travelled for 2 months as part of the crew of the two-masted schooner “Avontuur” — a…
On 9 July, our online partner workshop PK2 “Synthesis of Green Ammonia” took place, also in the form of a web event due to the pandemic restrictions. First, a report was given on the status of the collaborative projects running in the WIR programme — CF06_1 “Development of a decentralised production technology for green ammonia…
On 10 June, we held our online partner workshop in PK1 with the topic “Synthesis of Membrane Electrode Assemblies for Medium Temperature Electrochemical Ammonia Synthesis and Utilization”. The focus was first on updates on the results from the ongoing projects CF04_1 “Thin layer based membrane-electrode assemblies for the solid-state ammonia synthesis” and the EU project…
On 1 June 2021, the members of the CAMPFIRE advisory board met for the sixth time in a web meeting. The focus was on the election of the new deputy chairman of the CAMPFIRE advisory board, Dr.-Ing. Frank Graf from the German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water at the Karlsruhe Institute of…
The focus of the Fifth Meeting of the Advisory Board on March 11, 2021 was on our project teams CF04 Solid State Ammonia Synthesis, CF06_1 Ammonia Reactor and CF06_2 Ammonia Plant. The project partners presented recent results in the development of thin films, catalysts and reaction technology as well as system modelling of electrolysis processes,…
Green ammonia CF06_2 Project costs: 502 T€ Project period: 05/2020–06/2022 Partners: Objective: The objective of project CF06_2 is to develop a concept for the industrial production of green ammonia with 16 MW installed capacity from wind and solar and 5 MW from electrolysis at a site in the region. The plant will be designed to…
Green ammonia CF06_1 Project costs: 714 T€ Project period: 04/2020–10/2022 Partners: KIT Objective: In project CF06_1, a test laboratory for the development of new systems for decentralised ammonia synthesis is being set up on the YARA premises using the existing infrastructure. The University of Rostock, a project partner, will configure and test three possible types…
Marine propulsion CF09 Project costs: 605 T€ Project period: 10/2020–10/2022 Partners: Objective: The use of ammonia as a new energy source on the Baltic Sea requires a detailed consideration of the Baltic Sea countries, their port structures and shipping connections with northern Germany. In addition to developing potential ammonia-based ferry lines in the Baltic Sea…
Marine propulsion CF08_1 Project costs: 1.279 T€ Project period: 09/2020–08/2022 Partners: Objective: The objective of CF08 projects is to outfit an inland vessel as a ‘test vehicle’ that uses an ammonia-powered internal combustion engine, a process that includes the installation of the necessary tank, safety and peripheral systems onboard the vessel. The ammonia-powered propulsion system…
Marine propulsion CF07 Project costs: 1.470 T€ Project period: 09/2020–08/2022 Partners: Objective: Sailing yachts have always used wind for propulsion. Today, the interior fittings offered by most modern sailing yachts meet high standards and use electrical energy for navigation, safety, secondary propulsion and auxiliary equipment onboard the ship. This energy is provided by fossil-based primary…
In line with our roadmap for research and development in the region of Northeast Germany, cost-optimised production methods for basic innovations are being developed and implemented. This is a prerequisite for establishing decentralised synthesis plants that will produce the carbon-free hydrogen carrier ammonia as an infrastructure and storage solution, as well as emission-free propulsion systems…
Thin films CF05 Project costs: 1.193 T€ Project period: 09/2020–08/2022 Partners: Objective: The consortium for the collaborative project CF05 is developing a quick-start membrane reactor for the production of hydrogen from ammonia. This is a key hydrogen technology for efficient energy conversion in different types of fuel cells and engines in the future. In contrast…
Thin films CF04 Project costs: 1.934 T€ Project period: 06/2020–08/2022 Partners: Kerafol Overview: Integrating new electroceramic thin films into energy systems enables the small-scale implementation of resource-efficient direct and flexible energy conversion processes for ammonia synthesis. In joint project CF04, partners are developing high-performance thin-film-based membrane electrode units (MEA) for the decentralised synthesis of ammonia…