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By Julian
Atchison on
January 26, 2023
Amogy has announced successful
testing of
its new ammonia-powered, Class 8 semi-truck design in Stony Brook, New
York. The news marks successful scale-up of Amogy’s ammonia-to-power
system and integration into progressively larger vehicles: a 5 kW
system into a drone in July 2021, a 100 kW system into a John
Deere tractor in June 2022,
and now a 300 kW system, providing around 900 kWh of total energy to
the semi truck for tests over several hours. Track testing of the semi
truck will proceed later this month, but you can see the vehicle in
action below:
Ammonia is an optimal fuel to achieve rapid
decarbonization of heavy transportations (sic) because it is available
globally with existing infrastructure already in place. This
achievement not only showcases Amogy’s technology as an accessible and
scalable solution for trucking, it also highlights the capabilities
and dedication of our outstanding team. First it was an
ammonia-powered drone, then a tractor and now a truck. In the near
future, we look forward to further scaling and tackling other
hard-to-abate sectors, such as global shipping
Amogy’s next step will be a further step up, deploying a 1 MW system
in tugboat (a demonstration on that project will occur later this
year). Amogy is also working on deployment of its system in a tank
barge on the Mississippi River, in partnership with Southern
Devall. In the marine setting, Amogy signed an agreement with fuel
cell-based powertrain developers Ballard last
December to integrate its ammonia-to-power system with Ballard’s
fuel-cell based FCwaveTM engine (200 kW capacity).
Ammonia-powered trucks have been under development for several years
now. Canada-based Hydrofuel began a commercial
demonstration project in 2019, converting internal combustion
engines in long-haul transport trucks to run on ammonia fuel. And in
the off-road vehicle space, the UK government and private construction
firms are working to wean
the country off reliance on “red diesel”, instead running heavy
vehicles on hydrogen & ammonia.
Green Play Ammonia™, Yielder® NFuel Energy.
Spokane, Washington. 99212
www.exactrix.com
509 995 1879 cell, Pacific.
exactrix@exactrix.com
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