Samsung Heavy Industries said on the 10th that it will push for exclusive domestic contract manufacturing of the "ammonia powerpack" developed by Amogy of the United States.
The ammonia powerpack is a device that can generate electricity using hydrogen filtered from ammonia. It is a zero-carbon, eco-friendly power generation system that can be used as a clean power source by applying it to not only shipboard generators but also land-based generators.
Samsung Heavy Industries signed a contract with Amogy in Feb. this year to develop a next-generation ammonia-based power generation system for ships and has since held talks through task force (TF) activities.
Under this strategic agreement, Samsung Heavy Industries will have exclusive domestic contract manufacturing rights for Amogy products for at least three years and agreed to cooperate not only on shipboard products but also on mass production and optimization of Amogy's land-based cracking modules.
Samsung Heavy Industries plans to develop test methods, standards, and protocols for Amogy products and to establish manufacturing equipment, process control, and a raw material supply chain. By the end of this year, it will expand the ammonia demonstration facility at Samsung Heavy Industries' Geoje shipyard for product production and verification, and it plans to begin contract manufacturing of products starting next year.
Lee Ho-gi, head of the eco-friendly research center at Samsung Heavy Industries, said, "We aim to contribute to building an eco-friendly fuel ecosystem by leveraging Samsung Heavy Industries' manufacturing capabilities during the scale-up process of startup corporations," and added, "We will continue to seek long-term cooperation plans with Amogy."
U Seong-hun, CEO of Amogy, said, "We are very pleased to work even more closely with Samsung Heavy Industries, which possesses the world's best manufacturing and production technology," and added, "Through this cooperation, we hope to implement ammonia-based decarbonization technology in real industrial settings and jointly contribute to decarbonization across both land and sea."