E-fuels for climate-compatible aviation

Construction begins on Technology Platform for Power-to-Liquid Fuels (TPP)

08-Oct-2024 - The German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is currently building the world's largest research facility for the production of electricity-based fuels, also known as electrofuels or e-fuels. The Technology Platform for Power-to-Liquid Fuels, or TPP for short, in ...

Production of solar fuels: Storing the sun's heat at 1200 degrees

23-Sep-2024 - The ETH spin-off Synhelion has recently inaugurated the world's first industrial plant for the production of solar fuels in Germany. The heart of the plant contains a piece of Empa technology: Together with Synhelion, Empa researchers have developed a material for the high-temperature thermal ...

Unveiling a new class of synthetic fuels

Will they revolutionize the clean transport of the future?

11-Jul-2024 - Researchers from RWTH, the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, and ETH Zurich have now presented groundbreaking advancements in synthetic fuels. Their study, which has the potential to revolutionize clean transportation, has been published in Nature Energy under the following ...

Why do just one experiment at a time when you can do ten?

Synthetic fuels and chemicals from CO₂: Ten experiments in parallel

28-Jun-2024 - Empa researchers have developed an automated system, which allows them to research catalysts, electrodes, and reaction conditions for CO₂ electrolysis up to ten times faster. The system is complemented by an open-source software for data analysis. If you mix fossil fuel with a little oxygen and ...

CAPHENIA and Emerging Fuels Technology cooperate for more sustainable aviation

Companies announce MOU to optimize scalable Sustainable Aviation Fuel production

27-May-2024 - To capitalize on the fast growing demand for SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel), CAPHENIA GmbH, a pioneer in the development of sustainable synthesis gas technologies, and US based Emerging Fuels Technology, Inc. (EFT), a leader in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, are pleased to announce they have signed ...

“Best CO2 Utilisation 2024” innovation prize awarded

Dioxycle, D-CRBN and Twelve showcase winning solutions that pave the path for a renewable carbon society

25-Apr-2024 - 230 participants from 27 countries worldwide joined the innovation award ceremony at the CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2024 in Cologne, Germany, and online. Renowned as one of the premier global events for the entire Carbon Capture & Utilisation (CCU) and Power-to-X industry and its ...

Advancements in Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) Technology Pave the Way for Novel Applications From Ethylene, to Polymers, Syngas and Even Diamonds

Tough competition of outstanding innovations unveiled at the CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2024

09-Apr-2024 - This year's nominees for the innovation award “Best CO2-Utilisation 2024” prove that CO2 innovations can be used to produce syngas, polymers, organic fatty acids, ethylene, renewable isopropyl alcohol (IPA), but also aviation fuels and diamonds. The award is one of the highlights of the CO2-based ...

New e-fuels project to make international shipping climate neutral

Electricity from hydrogen and green fuels

22-Feb-2024 - Transport and trade on the ocean blue must be made much greener. This is the goal of the new €17 million European GAMMA project, where companies and researchers from Europe will develop and convert a bulk carrier to sail on climate-neutral fuels and green power. 60,000 tonnes dead weight That is ...

Electrification or hydrogen?

Both have distinct roles in the European energy transition

20-Feb-2024 - A key step to achieving climate neutrality in the European Union is to rapidly shift from fossil fuels to electric technologies powered by renewable energies, a new study shows. At the same time, hydrogen produced from electricity will also be indispensable in hard-to-electrify sectors such as ...

When sunlight becomes fuel

Advanced materials for solar fuel technology

05-Feb-2024 - Producing sustainable fuels from solar energy is an ambitious project and presents major challenges to people and material. In the MAfoS project, researchers at the Fraunhofer Center for High Temperature Materials and Design HTL are developing materials for the first industrial solar-to-fuel ...