Haru Oni: eFuel plant of the future

To decarbonize mobility, industrial quantities and attractive prices for green fuels are crucial. This requires rapid scaling of production capacity. "Haru Oni" is doing pioneering work here, can expand to up to 550 million liters eFuel and can serve as a model for many other regions worldwide.

The renewable energy potential of a region can make the difference: Up to 70 percent full-load hours - about three times as many as in Europe - can be used to generate green electricity in southern Chile. The wind energy is stored in liquid eFuels, which are easy to transport and can thus be brought from a windy region to an energy-hungry one.

Instead of the usual production from fossil sources, synthetic methanol can be produced in a Power-to-X process from green hydrogen and carbon dioxide captured from air or biogenic sources. It can serve as an energy carrier or to produce other fuels as well as a basic feedstock for numerous chemical products and has great potential to decarbonize the shipping industry.

Methanol can be converted into synthetic fuels like gasoline, diesel, or kerosene. These eFuels are highly relevant for reducing CO₂-emissions of road transport, shipping, and aviation. Using existing infrastructures (distribution, filling stations), this sector’s deep decarbonization is expected to come from these carbon-neutral eFuels.