This morning, Prof. Henrik Lund Frandsen from DTU – the Technical University of Denmark presented the AMON Project at the EUSEW2025, during the panel session “From tech to net zero: connecting ecosystems for the clean transition“.

The presentation of Henrik L. Frandsen started with the reasons why the AMON Project is targeting ammonia as a fuel. In fact, the DTU Professor explained that we will be short of biogenic carbon molecules soon and green ammonia doesn’t need any carbon sources, becoming a suitable carbon independent fuel. This fuel can be easily liquified and therefore energy dense enough to be carried on an ocean-going ship. And although it is toxic, then it has been safely handled for over 100 years in transportation. Green fuel competitors of ammonia can be e-methanol and e-LNG (e-SNG), but both rely on biogenic carbon sources, which are also to be used in green aviation fuels and in the transition of the chemical industry and more, why reports points to that carbon will be scarse. This is why we should look for alternatives and ammonia is among them.

Then Henrik spent some words on SOEC and SOFC technology, and Europe may still have a stronghold on these technologies ac compared to China or USA. He pointed out that the two technologies combined can save renewable energy and infrastructure with significant efficiency gains.

Last but not least, Prof. Frandsen also underlined the importance of investments to bring the technology to the market. Innovative technologies takes time and fundings.

This session is hosted by EuroTech Universities Alliance & Île-de-France Region and focused on initiatives contributing to the EU’s energy and climate goals, emphasising the decarbonisation of industry through energy efficiency, industrial electrification, low-carbon fuels, carbon capture, and sustainable feedstocks.

High-profile experts from some of our member universities, representatives from the European Commission, regional authorities and industry front-runners were among the panelists. AMON Project was invited to as successful, innovative project supporting the path towards net zero with the start-up RIFT, which is a groundbreaking pioneer within clean fuel to decarbonise industrial heat.

Moderator:

• Thomas Pellerin Carlin, MEP, European Parliament

Panellists:

• Davide Amato, Deputy Head of Unit Clean Energy Transitions, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission
• Anne Beijer, Communication Manager, RIFT
• Philippe Drobinski, Director, Energy for Climate (E4C) Interdisciplinary Center at Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)
• Henrik Lund Frandsen, Professor at DTU Energy, Technical University of Denmark
• Françoise Guaspare, Vice-Chair representing cities and regions, in charge of transport/tourism at Île-de-France Region
• Rémi Gruet, CEO, Ocean Energy Europe
• Werner Lang, Vice President for Sustainable Transformation and Chair of Energy Efficient and Sustainable Planning and Building (ENPB), Technical University of Munich

More info on the session on the EuroTech website and on the EUSEW website.