Marine technology group Wartsila has announced that it will test the use of ammonia as a fuel in a marine four-stroke combustion engine.
It is the first long-term, full-scale testing of ammonia in the world.
The tests will be carried out in partnership with Knutsen OAS Shipping AS and Repsol along with the Sustainable Energy Catapult Centre.
The tests received an Nkr20m ($2.06m) grant from the Norwegian Research Council via DEMO 2000 programme.
Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy Tina Bru...
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