World’s first full scale ammonia engine test - an important step towards carbon free shipping
Wärtsilä Corporation, Press release, 30 June 2020 at 10 EESTThe technology group Wärtsilä, in close customer cooperation with Knutsen OAS Shipping AS and Repsol, as well as with the Sustainable Energy Catapult Centre, will commence the world’s first long term, full-scale, testing of ammonia as a fuel in a marine four-stroke combustion engine. The testing is made possible by a 20 MNOK grant from the Norwegian Research Council through the DEMO 2000 programme. “This is a great example that illustrates the importance of dedicated petroleum R&D. This DEMO 2000 project is another steppingstone