Screenshot of YouTube video describing how an ammonia economy could work.
Image courtesy of Monash Ammonia Project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSYCac7KD8o&t=29s
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Keywords: Haber-Bosch process, ammonia, ammonia as fuel, climate change, green ammonia, hydrogen economy, renewables
Topics: Climate Change, Special Topics
Douglas R. MacFarlane
Douglas R. MacFarlane is head of the Energy Program in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science at Monash University. He was elected... Read More
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