{"id":309320,"date":"2025-10-25T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/united-kingdom-introduces-ukaa-to-boost-use-of-low-carbon-ammonia\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T22:21:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T02:21:44","slug":"united-kingdom-introduces-ukaa-to-boost-use-of-low-carbon-ammonia","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/united-kingdom-introduces-ukaa-to-boost-use-of-low-carbon-ammonia\/","title":{"rendered":"United Kingdom introduces UKAA to boost use of low carbon ammonia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The UK energy industry has unveiled the official launch of the <strong>UK Ammonia Alliance (UKAA)<\/strong>, a coalition of 11 leading energy, hydrogen, chemical and transport companies. This new alliance seeks to position <strong>low-carbon ammonia<\/strong> as a leading solution to accelerate decarbonization in challenging sectors. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/articulo\/decarbonization-of-the-economy-sources\/#toc_heading-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">decarbonization in sectors that are difficult to electrify.<\/a><\/strong> to electrify. <\/p>\n\n<p>Founding members of the UKAA include companies such as <strong>AFC Energy, Air Products, Statkraft, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Clean Air Power, Exolum, Blended Products<\/strong>, among others.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why is low carbon ammonia so important?<\/h2>\n\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/articulo\/what-is-ammonia-properties-applications\/#toc_heading-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ammonia (NH\u00b3)<\/a><\/strong> has historically been fundamental to agriculture and modern industry, especially in the manufacture of fertilizers, although its production is highly polluting. However, <strong>low-carbon ammonia<\/strong>, which is manufactured using renewable energy (green ammonia) or by capturing and storing CO\u2082 emissions (blue ammonia), <strong>encompasses more uses than just fertilizer<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n<p>For example, it can be used to <strong>package hydrogen<\/strong>, which is difficult to transport, to <strong>move it easily and then release it where it is needed.<\/strong> It can also be used in power plants or on ships to replace fossil fuels. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/articulo\/alternative-energy-fossil-fuels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fossil fuels<\/a><\/strong>or to store excess renewable energy in a chemically stable form. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/ukaa-logo-empresas-alianza-amoniaco-bajo-en-carbono-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"UK Ammonia Alliance companies to push for low carbon ammonia\" class=\"wp-image-309217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/ukaa-logo-empresas-alianza-amoniaco-bajo-en-carbono-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/ukaa-logo-empresas-alianza-amoniaco-bajo-en-carbono-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/ukaa-logo-empresas-alianza-amoniaco-bajo-en-carbono-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/ukaa-logo-empresas-alianza-amoniaco-bajo-en-carbono-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/ukaa-logo-empresas-alianza-amoniaco-bajo-en-carbono-2048x1152.webp 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/ukaa-logo-empresas-alianza-amoniaco-bajo-en-carbono-624x351.webp 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Logos of the UK Ammonia Alliance member companies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are the objectives of the alliance?<\/h2>\n\n<p>The UKAA seeks to emphasize the economic and strategic benefits to the United Kingdom by promoting the following:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The United Kingdom has a geographical position and port infrastructure that would allow it to be a <strong>hub for the import and export of this new fuel<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ammonia is already traded on a large scale globally and ships, ports and security protocols are in place, facilitating its expansion, so this <strong>existing infrastructure<\/strong> can be <strong>leveraged<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Help decarbonize<\/strong> industries such as shipping or back-up power generation, which are very complicated to electrify directly, to reduce their emissions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>One of the Alliance&#8217;s immediate objectives is to establish a clear dialogue with the British authorities, so the UKAA will organize its <strong>first public event in Parliament in November 2025<\/strong>, where it will present a <strong>policy document<\/strong> that includes concrete proposals to boost the use of low-carbon ammonia in the country. Key demands include: <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Integration of ammonia into the national hydrogen strategy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promoting investment in infrastructure and logistics.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Establishment of regulatory frameworks to facilitate their industrial adoption.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Potential impact for the future of the United Kingdom<\/h2>\n\n<p>UKAA posits that, with the right backing, the country could capture a significant share of the global ammonia market, for which demand, according to the International Energy Agency, is set to grow by <strong>40% between now and 2050<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p>The UKAA aims to become a platform for collaboration between industry, government and investors to generate <strong>skilled jobs and strengthen the national supply chain<\/strong> for decades to come.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Source and photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/ukammoniaalliance.co.uk\/portfolio\/new-business-alliance-launches-to-maximise-benefits-of-low-carbon-ammonia-for-uk-energy-security-and-growth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ammonia Alliance UK<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A coalition of British companies seeking energy security, decarbonization and economic growth for the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10019,"featured_media":309224,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13026,13044],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-309320","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-energy","categoria_noticias-new-energies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/309320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/309320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=309320"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=309320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}