Large-scale adoption of ammonia as an energy source and hydrogen carrier would require major changes in the way it is currently manufactured. To address this need, researchers from the MIT Energy Initiative have created the largest combined dataset showing the economic and environmental impact of global ammonia supply chains under different scenarios. The results of their work can help guide the ammonia fuel industry and allow stakeholders to calculate the cost and lifecycle emissions of different ammonia production technologies and trade routes.
The researchers, led by former MITEI Research Scientist Guiyan Zang, demonstrated their work in a paper published in Energy and Environmental Science. The research was supported by the MIT Energy Initiative’s Future Energy Systems Center. The other author’s on this study are Woojae Shin, a postdoc at MITEI, and Haoxiang Lai and Gasim Ibrahim, both former postdocs at MITEI.
Read more about this work via MIT News.