Corvus Energy has secured funding for its participation in the APOLO project, a collaboration with various partners, aimed at addressing the challenges of power conversion from ammonia and developing efficient and flexible ammonia cracking technology for the maritime sector.
The 4-year program, initiated on January 1st, 2024, will showcase power conversion from commercially available fuel cell systems using hydrogen from ammonia cracking, yielding a power output of 125 kW. The initiative will also assess an ammonia cracker combined with an innovative ammonia engine running on an ammonia/hydrogen blend to compare different technologies.
Project partners include H2Site, Tecnalia, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, 1 CUBE, Chalmers Tekniska Hogskola, Nuvera, Astander, Fertiberia, and LEC GMBH, with Tecnalia serving as the project coordinator.
Corvus Energy, in collaboration with H2Site and other partners, will contribute to the development, integration, testing, and demonstration of the ammonia cracker and the Corvus Pelican PEM Fuel Cell.
The project, funded under the Horizon Europe Framework Program, Horizon-CL5-2023-D5-01, aims to develop technologies capable of targeting the first 30,000 ships in the market, particularly focusing on vessels with 1 to 10 MW propulsion, a significant number of which are expected to be around 3 MW in the next decade, making them relevant for ammonia-powered solutions.
There are no commercially viable ammonia solutions available for the ship-owners as of today. Developing advanced methods for cracking ammonia and demonstrating scalability and overall system efficiency is an important step forward.
… said Svenn Kjetil Haveland, VP Development Projects at Corvus Energy
