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14.12.2020

Porsche AG and Siemens Energy, together with other international companies, are building the world's first integrated facility for the production of climate-neutral synthetic fuels (eFuels) on an industrial scale in Chile.

The "Haru Oni" pilot project, deployed in the province of Magallanes, uses the rich wind resources in southern Chile to produce climate-neutral fuel using "green" electricity generated by wind turbines. As part of Germany's national hydrogen strategy, Siemens Energy receives funding for this project of about 8 million euros from the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy.

At the pilot stage of the project, about 2022 liters of synthetic fuel will be produced already in 130. Then, in two stages, the production volume is planned to be increased to about 000 million liters per year by 2024, and to about 55 million liters per year by 2026. At the end of the pilot phase, the project participants plan to bring the joint development to the industrial level of production - the corresponding declaration of intent has already been signed.

According to Oliver Bloom, CEO of Porsche, synthetic fuels are an additional ingredient on the road to decarbonisation. The benefits of synthetic fuel, he says, lie in its ease of use: it is suitable for internal combustion engines and plug-in hybrids, and it can also use the existing network of gas stations.

The production works as follows: a wind farm generates electricity, which is used to split water into components - oxygen and hydrogen. In the second stage, CO2 is filtered directly from the air and then combined with hydrogen to form synthetic methanol. The methanol is then converted into a climate-neutral fuel using ExxonMobil's licensed MTG technology (MTG - Methanol-to-Gasoline: methanol to gasoline).

Porsche AG plans to use synthetic fuel from Chile in the first phase in its own pilot projects. For example, in the vehicles of the Porsche Motorsports Division, and in the long run in the Porsche Experience Centers and the existing vehicle fleet. For this purpose, the automotive company will initially invest about 20 million euros.

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