H2SITE has won €3.4 million (NOK 39.1 million) from Enova, Norway’s state climate fund, to build a commercial-scale ammonia-to-power system for ships. The project, called HydraNord Power, will produce a 700 kW net unit that cracks ammonia into hydrogen on board and feeds it to fuel cells. The system can make up to one tonne of hydrogen a day. It’s aimed at auxiliary and hybrid power on deep-sea vessels and offshore operations: the electricity a ship needs for everything except main propulsion.

Every conversation about decarbonizing container shipping starts with the engine. Dual-fuel LNG or dual-fuel methanol, ammonia later, and a newbuild order that locks the answer in for twenty-five years. It’s the decision that gets the press release. For the compliance math a European carrier actually faces this decade, it isn’t the decision that moves the number most. FuelEU Maritime has been in force since January 2025. It doesn’t regulate fuel choice directly.