Amogy, a company committed to providing emission-free, high energy-density power solutions, recently tested an innovative ammonia-powered zero-emission semi-truck with 900 kWh of total stored net electric energy.
The truck was first tested on the campus of Stony Brook University in New York and successfully powered a 5 kW drone as well as a 100 kW John Deere tractor. Following this success, Amogy scaled its ammonia-to-power technology up to 300 kW to be able to power heavy vehicles such as trucks.
To demonstrate the performance capabilities of their technology under real-world conditions, they will soon be testing their truck on a test track. Amogy’s cutting-edge technology enables the onboard cracking of ammonia into hydrogen which is then directed toward fuel cells that generate electricity for powering the vehicle; making it an optimal fuel for decarbonizing heavy transportation quickly and effectively.
200 million tons of ammonia are already produced and transported annually around the globe which makes it an ideal sustainable source for powering vehicles, according to Amogy. Seonghoon Woo, CEO at Amogy expressed his enthusiasm “In the near future, we look forward to further scaling our technology and tackling other hard-to-abate sectors like global shipping” continuing by mentioning that they plan to pursue strategic partnerships across industries related to shipping and transportation. The list includes presenting a 1 MW scale tugboat powered by ammonia in 2023 amongst other commercial deployments planned for later dates.
Sources:
https://www.truckinginfo.com/10187358/biofuel-on-the-road-to-energy-cost-savings
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