Using ammonia as a shipping fuel could disturb the nitrogen cycle

Using ammonia as a shipping fuel could disturb the nitrogen cycle

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Peer-reviewed

Repository URI

https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/340348

Repository DOI

https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.87778

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Authors

Wolfram, P

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8470-427X

Kyle, P

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1257-8358

Zhang, X

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1619-1537

Gkantonas, S

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5354-578X

Smith, S

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3248-5607

Abstract

Ammonia has been proposed as a shipping fuel, yet potential adverse side–effects are poorly understood. We argue that if nitrogen releases from ammonia are not tightly controlled, the scale of the demands of maritime transport are such that the global nitrogen cycle could be substantially altered.

Keywords

40 Engineering, 4008 Electrical Engineering, 4017 Mechanical Engineering

Journal Title

Nature Energy

Journal ISSN

2058-7546
2058-7546

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Publisher DOI

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-022-01124-4

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