The shipping industry is responsible for three percent of global emissions. One of its best bets to get these down is fueling their vessels with ammonia. It releases no carbon when burnt and is cheaper than other alternative fuels like methanol. The catch: building a specialized engine is extremely difficult – and there's pretty much no green ammonia production today. So can it really fix shipping's emission problem?

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Read More:
Ammonia as a fuel in shipping:
https://www.emsa.europa.eu/newsroom/l...

Role of efuels in decarbonizing transport:
https://www.iea.org/reports/the-role-...

Deep dive on ammonia as a shipping fuel:
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/sta...

The future of marine fuels:
https://maritime.lr.org/l/941163/2023...

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:39 Ammonia 101
01:25 How ammonia engines work
04:23 The oxides problem
07:42 False promises?
08:31 What's next for ammonia engines?
09:17 The space challenge
11:22 Green ammonia challenge
14:22 Conclusion