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SUMMARY:The role of ammonia in a future carbon-free energy landscape - Lau
 ra Torrente-Merciano\, Chem Eng\, Cambridge
DTSTART:20220217T114500Z
DTEND:20220217T124500Z
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CONTACT:Catherine Pearson
DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE START TIME IS 11.45\n\nWhen Fritz Haber and Carl B
 osch developed an artificial nitrogen fixation process (the so-called Habe
 r-Bosch process)\, they put ammonia in the centre of the first chemical gl
 obal revolution\, enabling the expansion of the population with its use as
  fertilisers and setting the current geo-political borders with its use in
  explosives. This webinar will present the technological\, environmental a
 nd political challenges to enable a second ammonia revolution as portable 
 long-term (days to months) energy storage vector versus the short-term sto
 rage (seconds to hours) offered by electrochemical storage (i.e. batteries
 ).\n\nIndeed\, the future of a carbon-free society relies on the alignment
  of the intermittent production of renewable energy (solar\, wind\, tidal\
 , geothermal) with our continuous and increasing energy demands. In this c
 ontext\, ammonia offers unique opportunities due its high hydrogen content
 \, known handling and existing infrastructure. If/when realised\, green am
 monia can reshape the current energy landscape by directly replacing fossi
 l fuels in transportation\, heating\, electricity\, etc. In addition\, new
  economic opportunities will arise as many countries will inevitably becom
 e net-energy importers/exporters with the outlook of a renewable energy ma
 rket similar to the current one based on fossil fuels."
LOCATION:Open Plan Area\, BP Institute\, Madingley Rise CB3 0EZ
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