World's first synthetic gasoline that does not use petroleum could help Porsche keep its combustion engine models in the automotive market longer
Porsche points out that its petroleum-free synthetic gasoline will allow older models in its high-performance combustion-engined car range to stay on the road longer. The transition to electric vehicles may be the auto industry's top priority, but Porsche sees things a little differently despite investing billions of euros in electromobility.
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Porsche wants to extend the life of its luxury combustion cars with the help of synthetic gasoline that does not require petroleum
With the German automaker's existing lineup of luxury, high-performance models built to last, the company is looking at greener ways to ensure they can stay on the road amid pressure to cut fossil fuel pollution from the arrival of its gasoline. does not need oil.
Among the electrofuels or eFuels, as Porsche calls it – synthetic methanol gasoline that will be produced using green hydrogen, made with renewable energy. The fuel will burn in the same way as gasoline made from crude oil, but without the huge greenhouse gas emissions. It can be sold on the existing network of gas stations around the world and Porsche owners won't need to modify their engines.
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Porsche spokesman Peter Gräve told DW that its eFuels "will enable the near climate-neutral operation of combustion engine vehicles". The automaker recently said its electrofuels can reduce CO2 emissions by more than 85% and are cleaner than an electric vehicle when considering the environmental impact of battery production.
Porsche promises 55 million liters by 2024 and 550 million by 2026
Capacity will then be expanded in two stages to around 55 million liters by 2024 and to around 550 million liters by 2026. The necessary environmental licenses have already been obtained by the Chilean company Highly Innovative Fuels (HIF). Siemens Energy has also already started preparatory work for the next major commercial phase of the project.
“I am pleased that we are making progress on this international project for the hydrogen economy together with strong international business and policy partners. With the new synthetic gasoline plant called Haru Oni, we are bringing our power-to-X technologies to the global market. We are jointly developing and realizing the world's first integrated large-scale commercial plant for the production of carbon-neutral synthetic fuels. In southern Chile, we are implementing one of the energy sector's most exciting projects for the future and driving the decarbonization of the mobility sector. This means that we are making an important and rapidly effective contribution to reducing CO₂ emissions in the traffic and transport sector,” said Armin Schnettler, Executive Vice President New Energy Business at Siemens Energy.
Sports car manufacturer Porsche has started the demonstration project and will use eFuels in its own combustion engine vehicles. “Our trials with renewable fuels are progressing very successfully. eFuels will make it possible to reduce CO₂ emissions in combustion engines by up to 90%. Among other things, we will use Chile's first fuel in our Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup racing cars from 2022 onwards,” said Michael Steiner, Member of the Executive Board for Research and Development at Porsche AG.
Haru Oni Project
The Haru Oni project takes advantage of the perfect weather conditions for wind energy in the province of Magallanes, in southern Chile, to produce the virtually CO₂-neutral fuel using low-cost wind energy.
In the first step, electrolysers split water into oxygen and green hydrogen using wind energy. The CO₂ is then filtered from the air and combined with green hydrogen to produce synthetic methanol, which in turn is converted into eFuel.
The pilot plant is scheduled to start production sometime this year. In addition to Siemens Energy, Porsche and HIF, Enel, ExxonMobil, Gasco and ENAP are participating in the Haru Oni project.