en.Wedoany.com Reported - Höegh Evi and Nord Gas Solutions have completed performance tests of ammonia-to-hydrogen cracking technology at the Sustainable Energy pilot plant in Stord, Norway, validating the feasibility of the technology for floating hydrogen terminals. The project development received funding from the Norwegian Green Platform program.

The project consortium includes Höegh Evi, Nord Gas Solutions, BASF (responsible for catalyst supply), the University of South-East Norway, Sustainable Energy, and the Norwegian Institute for Energy Technology (IFE). According to Nils Jakob Hasle, Executive Vice President of Clean Energy at Höegh Evi, the company is satisfied with the test results of the cracking unit, which demonstrated high performance, stability, and efficient conversion from ammonia to hydrogen. He noted that this milestone further confirms the feasibility of floating terminals as a fast and competitive pathway for scaling hydrogen implementation, and looks forward to further validating these results in long-term testing.

The pilot cracking unit excelled across a range of key parameters, including conversion rate, efficiency, hydrogen yield, and operational flexibility. The unit converts ammonia into hydrogen with a purity exceeding 99.5% through a single stable process, and features a modular design to optimize adaptability and scalability, deployable in both floating terminal and onshore applications. Taro Mukae, Vice President of Technology at Nord Gas Solutions, emphasized that this successful testing phase marks a significant milestone in validating ammonia cracking as a reliable and scalable hydrogen pathway, with results confirming the technology's efficiency and operational robustness, preparing it for deployment in industrial-scale applications.

Höegh Evi is currently developing competitive floating terminals capable of supplying hydrogen at an industrial scale of up to 200,000 tons per year. As global hydrogen production capacity grows, European ports are becoming key gateways, with import terminals capable of receiving ammonia and converting it into hydrogen, providing clean, competitive, and reliable energy. The Norwegian company and its partners are advancing the development of multiple offshore terminals in Europe, planning to deploy these efficient ammonia cracking technologies on floating terminals or onshore.