UCL: Ammonia Is the Cheapest Compliance Option for New IMO Carbon Rules

UCL: Ammonia is the Cheapest Compliance Option for New IMO Carbon Rules

When the University College London's Energy Institute used detailed modeling to evaluate the IMO's highly complex new carbon price structure,...

Case made for ammonia in the wake of IMO’s Net Zero Framework

A new study from the UCL Energy Institute’s Shipping and Oceans Research Group and UMAS, commissioned by the Global Maritime Forum, concludes that the International Maritime Organization’s recently agreed Net Zero Framework (NZF) sends a strong market signal favouring ammonia dual-fuel ships—particularly from the mid-2030s onward. However, ongoing uncertainties in policy design are holding back …

Wärtsilä’s 4-Stroke Ammonia Engine Slashes Emissions By Up To 90%

Image Credits: Wartsila Technology group Wärtsilä’s 4-stroke engine-based solution for ammonia fuel now delivers higher than ever levels of efficiency and performance. Following its introduction to the commercial marine sector in November 2023, the ammonia solution has undergone extensive testing to optimise its performance parameters. The latest results, assessed against the FuelEU Maritime reference and measured on both a Well-to-Wake and Tank…

Ammonia fuel ‘a no-brainer’, says University College London study

LNG has a short-lived heyday, according to investigation of IMO’s net zero framework