British class society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for the joint development of an FPSO unit for green ammonia. The unit will use renewable energy to provide power for the electrolysis of seawater to produce green hydrogen, which will be combined with nitrogen and synthesised to produce green ammonia, ready for offloading to ammonia carriers. It is planned to be linked with offshore wind farms in Europe. Under the agreement, SHI will carry out the design for the FPSO and LR will undertake the review of the deliverables and provide technical advice for further design development. “The green ammonia market is poised to grow rapidly in the coming decades, particularly as a clean fuel alternative for the global shipping industry. LR is looking forward to collaborating with SHI to help meet this demand,” said Sean van der Post, LR’s offshore business director. In related news, SHI chose Houston-based engineering and construction services giant KBR for a conceptual study for floating blue ammonia production. This was closely followed by ABS approving SHI’s new design of a blue ammonia FPSO unit. The concept has an expected production capacity of 1.2m tonnes per annum of ammonia. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2'); }); TagsSouth Korea United Kingdom