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National Renewable Ammonia Architecture Update

Posted by Gail the Actuary on May 15, 2009 - 10:29am
Topic: Alternative energy
Tags: ammonia, neal rauhauser, renewable ammonia, stranded wind [list all tags]

In this post, Neal Rauhauser introduces a new expanded paper on ammonia from stranded wind that his group has developed.

The first National Renewable Ammonia Architecture was published, over Nate's objection to the timing, on Christmas Eve of 2008. A mere 2,400 words and with many gaps, it still rules Googlespace, page rank #1 for anyone searching for "renewable ammonia".

We’ve had a bit of time since then and a good bit of luck on new data sources so we’re back with an expanded, 6,500 word analysis. The new version can be found at National Renewable Ammonia Architecture Spring 2009.

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Ammonia Fuel Network Conference - 2008

Posted by Gail the Actuary on October 28, 2008 - 4:40pm
Topic: Alternative energy
Tags: ammonia, ammonia fuel, original, stranded wind [list all tags]

This is a guest post by Neal Rauhauser, known on TOD as SacredCowTipper. He is the executive director of the Stranded Wind Initiative.

The fifth annual Ammonia Fuel Network meeting was held September 29th and 30th in the McNamara alumni center on the University of Minnesota's Minneapolis campus. One hundred and forty registered attendees crammed into a sometimes standing room only auditorium to hear 29 presentations ranging from highly technical catalyst development to ammonia safety to updates on various clean production methods.

The sense among the attendees is that we're at a tipping point – the end of the beginning for ammonia fuel, and the beginning of a much more broad interest in the only hydrogen carrier that can be produced renewably.

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