Amburn Project secures £3.4m government funding to help decarbonise UK’s off-grid businesses
The two-year project involving academics at Cardiff University’s Net Zero Innovation Institute and leading off-grid energy supplier Flogas Britain will see the production of an ammonia-fuelled boiler capable of meeting the demands of industrial heating while providing a technically viable solution to decarbonisation.
Over the next two years, Flogas, who leads the project, and the academics at Cardiff University’s Net Zero Innovation Institute will prove that ammonia is a viable, cost-effective renewable fuel for large energy users off the mains gas grid, helping contribute to legally binding net zero targets.
Using the funding from the UK Government’s £55m Industrial Fuel Switching Competition, as part of the £1bn Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP), they will develop a first-of-its-kind, 1MW ammonia-fuelled steam boiler. This will undergo trial at an active commercial manufacturing site, proving its advantages over other low-carbon solutions.
Read the full press release from Cardiff University here, and the press release from Flogas Britain
From left to right: Dr. Syed Mashruk & Prof. Agustin Valera-Medina from Cardiff University; James Rudman & Muhammad Taufiq from Flogas; and Ross Docherty from Protech
