As clean hydrogen-based ammonia projects enter operations globally, the industry is facing a challenge that goes beyond electrolyser costs or offtake uncertainty. Now, players across the value chain are searching for how to certify the carbon intensity of ammonia consistently across a fragmented market.
It’s increasingly urgent. Europe has its renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBO) framework, Japan is developing import criteria linked to contracts for difference, and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is constructing lifecycle accounting rules for maritime fuels. Concurrently, voluntary markets and Scope 3 accounting systems are creating a parallel layer of corporate demand.
For project developers hoping to export ammonia into multiple jurisdictions, the result is an increasingly complex certification landscape.
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