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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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
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.…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
At the fourth meeting of our advisory board, which was held on 1 October 2020 at Ozeaneum Stralsund, we presented a status update on our joint projects. Together, we considered future opportunities for our consortium. We also discussed an acquisition plan for further implementation and for the creation of the basic tools needed for technology…
18 September 2020. On 18 September 2020, we conducted a web-based partner workshop for product category 3, ‘Zero-emission marine propulsion systems’. At the workshop, the roughly 30 partners exchanged information on topics including the energy transition in inland navigation, batteries for marine applications, supply infrastructures, ammonia bunkering and safety. As a special highlight of the…
11 September 2020. On 11 September 2020, our online partner workshop for product category 2, ‘Green ammonia’, was held remotely via the web conferencing platform BigBlueButton. Following keynote speeches on global developments in the subject areas of green ammonia, catalysts for ammonia synthesis and the use of micro process technology for process intensification, the roughly…
On 26 June 2020, we visited the ammonia bunker ship of our new partner, SPETRANS Schiffahrts– und Speditionskaufmann GmbH, a small shipping and freight forwarding company headquartered in Uetersen, Schleswig-Holstein. SPETRANS operates a special ship with the capacity to transport up to 150 tonnes of ammonia, which is used to treat exhaust gas at a…
The first functional test of the new INP magnetron sputtering reactor for the deposition of electroceramic thin films was carried out on 19 June 2020. In the reactor, a closed-field unbalanced magnetron sputtering technique can be used to deposit complex metal oxides with a perovskite structure (e.g. barium cerium zirconate) on the tubular substrates…
23. April 2020. The CAMPFIRE consortium was selected from a pool of 78 applicants to win the Horizon 2020 tender Emerging Paradigms and Communities: Breakthrough Zero-emissions Energy Generation for Full Decarbonization (Call FETPROACT-EIC-05–2019). In the HiPowAR project, which is financed by an EU grant of €4 million, consortium partners are collaborating with partners from Sweden,…
18 March and 8 April 2020. Our Third Advisory Board Meeting was a multi-day virtual event held in March and April. We were pleased to learn that three additional collaborative projects were recommended for funding in the product categories PK1 ‘Thin Films’ and PK3 ‘Zero-emission Maritime Propulsion Systems’. For the project Electroceramic Thin Films for…
27 February 2020. The partners for product category 1, ‘Electroceramic thin film’, held their first workshop of the implementation phase on 27 February 2020. Workshop guests included renowned scientists from all over Germany, including leading international experts in the fields of ceramic materials, membranes and catalysis. We would especially like to thank the following people…
24 February 2020. A kick-off meeting for a new regional green ferry connection was organised by CAMPFIRE, the University of Greifswald and the Hanseatic City of Greifswald, and took place on 24 February 2020 at INP. The meeting brought together a range of stakeholders interested in establishing a zero-emission shipping connection between Greifswald’s Museum Harbour,…
Stralsund and Rostock, 9–10 December 2019. During a partner meeting to determine the next steps in the development of a green ammonia propulsion system for an inland vessel, we visited a number of sites, including the engine room of the Warnow ferry F‑Warnow (operated by Weiße Flotte GmbH) in Rostock. The industrial port and the…
Oldenburg, 15 January 2020. CAMPFIRE presented a paper on green ammonia as a future emission-free energy source for shipping on 15 January 2020 at the Zero Emission Shipping event. The event, which was held at the Competence Centre GreenShipping Lower Saxony in Oldenburg, was jointly organised by Competence Center partners MARIKO GmbH, the Maritime Cluster…
Greifswald, 6 November 2019. Dr Heiko Geue, head of the State Chancellery of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, visited us at the INP in Greifswald to discuss hydrogen technology, particularly in the context of CAMPFIRE and ammonia as a new energy carrier. We were very pleased to introduce Dr Geue to our partner alliance and exchange ideas about…
28 October 2019. At its second Advisory Board Meeting, our Advisory Board – which consists of nine experts from business, science and civil society – recommended four additional collaborative projects for funding. The project teams will start work in spring 2020: the SSAS-MEA project will develop membranes, electrodes and substrates for solid-state ammonia synthesis, an innovative…
Hamburg, 23.–24.10.2019. Auf dem International Hydrogen Symposium der IHK Nord präsentierten wir unser BMBF WIR! Bündnis CAMPFIRE zusammen mit den Partern sunfire GmbH und Neptun Ship Design GmbH auf einem Stand mit Informationsmaterial zum Campfire Innovationsfeld, ein Poster zur E‑Mobilität in der Schifffahrt und ein interaktives Display zu Power-to‑X Prozessen. Auf dem zweitägigen Symposium der…
Greifswald, 10 September 2019. There was a lively exchange of ideas at the first meeting of the CAMPFIRE Advisory Board, which was held on 10 September at the Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP) in Greifswald. The meeting brought together the members of the advisory board, representatives of the Federal Ministry of Education…
Coswig, 2 July 2019. On 2 July, we had the pleasure of presenting the CAMPFIRE project and ‘green ammonia’ at a joint event organised by the Verein Wissenschaft und Technik and the Interessengemeinschaft für Industrie und Gewerbe in Coswig. In the Giese Group administration building, located only a few kilometres from the Pieseritz chemical site,…
CAMPFIRE Sherpa Meeting at ENERTRAG AG in Dauerthal Dauerthal, 22 May 2019. The strategy team met to develop a joint project for the decentralised synthesis of green ammonia. Participants also used this opportunity to visit the world’s first hydrogen-wind-biogas hybrid power plant, which has been in operation since 2011. The ENERTRAG hybrid power plant consists…
CAMPFIRE will participate in three high-profile events this week. Greifswald, 26 April 2019. Next weekend, CAMPFIRE will participate in the programme for Renewable Energy Day, which is being held in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania for the fifth time. On Tuesday, CAMPFIRE project manager and INP scientist Dr Angela Kruth attended a press conference in Schwerin alongside Energy…
The CAMPFIRE alliance was selected by a jury of experts as one of 20 innovative initiatives in eastern Germany that will implement strategic innovation concepts and develop new fields of technology over the next five years. As part of the pilot programme WIR! – Wandel durch Innovation in der Region, the German federal government is…
On Thursday, 7 March 2019, Patrick Dahlemann, Parliamentary State Secretary for Western Pomerania, visited the Leibniz Institute for Plasma Research and Technology (INP) in Greifswald. He was welcomed to the Institute by the INP directors, professors Klaus-Dieter Weltmann and Dirk Uhrlandt, and by the CAMPFIRE core team. The meeting focused on opening up new pathways…
Research consortium wants to lay the foundation for zero-emission mobility The CAMPFIRE consortium, which includes experts from research, industry and politics, aims to develop technical solutions for zero-emission marine mobility in the near future, which could become a core element of the economy in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. At a workshop held today, 31 January, at the…
On 31 October 2018, we submitted the concept for our project to the project management agency. This concludes the concept phase of the Wandel durch Innovation in der Region (WIR!) programme. For the past seven months, we have worked intensively to develop a strategy outlining the steps to achieve our vision: ‘Wind and water to…
On 11 September, roughly 70 representatives of science, industry and politics discussed the use of new technologies for the marine mobility transition in the Northeast region of Germany. The workshop was the highlight of the seven-month concept phase of the CAMPFIRE research project and confirmed that the project enjoys strong support in the region. Christian…
On 24 August, partners from the Campfire consortium, including representatives of industry and science, gathered for a second workshop at INP in Greifswald to develop strategies for implementing zero-emission fuels in a broad range of marine propulsion systems. Workshop participants discussed approaches that would utilise ammonia and hydrogen, as well as CO2-neutral fuels such as…
The CAMPFIRE research consortium created a roadmap for synthesising resources at the first partner workshop, held on 22 June 2018. The conclusion: the production of climate-friendly, synthetic fuels from surplus wind energy can be carried out particularly efficiently and with long-term stability if electroceramic thin-film membrane technology is utilised. The workshop brought together 25 representatives…
The intensive discussions paid off: the CAMPFIRE workshop in Schwerin, held in a ‘World Café’ format, brought together a great deal of know-how that will benefit the further direction of the project. The event was attended by representatives of politics, industry and science, who provided important input in evaluating individual applications of the new energy…
At Renewable Energy Day, held on 27 and 28 April, the CAMPFIRE consortium made its first public appearance. Stationed at booths on the market squares in Greifswald and Stralsund, experts from the Institute for Climate Protection, Energy and Mobility (IKEM), the Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP) and Stralsund University of Applied Sciences…