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Considerable challenges in facing up the climate crisis is the transition to CO2 free energy supply. For heavy-duty vehicles within the transportation, construction and agricultural sectors, the need for high power output combined with adequate range cannot yet be provided by electrification. For these applications, fossil fuels must be replaced with sustainable, renewable and carbon free energy sources. A promising carbon free fuel is ammonia (NH3). It is considered as a chemical storage medium for hydrogen that can be easily stored and transported. Ammonia has the potential to play a key role in managing energy grids integrated with intermittent and renewable sources by providing a solution to store energy. The main objective of the project is to develop ACTIVATEngine technology which aims to solve the challenges to fueling an engine with NH3 and burn it efficiently with the evaluation and demonstration in an agricultural demonstration vehicle. The ACTIVATEngine concept will develop a new direct-injection concept for ammonia which is theorized to help improve NH3 engine operation and solve the issue of NH3 slip, bringing the technology to an application-readiness level. The numerical retrofitting tool that will be developed is a novelty that enhances the efficiency of the technology and enables its direct transfer to other engines and sectors, such as marine or transport applications. This transfer of technologies, concepts, protocols and understanding outside of the project is strengthened by the full documentation in reports and journal papers of the key technologies for retrofitting; the technology has a great potential to reach the market in the near future and contribute to an immediate CO2 emission reduction. The introduction of NH3 as a new player in energy and transport sectors offers many benefits. An increased worldwide trend in NH3 as a smart energy carrier can be introduced in Polish R&D sector.