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Climate tech companies collaborate to produce solar fuels
6/4/2022
News
Climate technology pioneers Synhelion and INERATEC have combined complementary clean technologies that could facilitate the replacement of fossil fuels with solar fuels.
Synhelion has advanced a technology based on a propriety process that converts solar heat into syngas to produce next-generation synthetic fuels. The syngas is fed into INTERATEC’s modular synthesis plant where it is converted into liquid fuels through the Fischer-Tropsch process.
The combination of these technologies allows the two companies to produce low carbon solar fuels that are potentially scalable, economically viable and efficient. These fuels are fully compatible with the current global fuel infrastructure and therefore have the potential to accelerate the energy transition, according to Synhelion.
Solar fuels could provide an important decarbonisation option for high energy fuel-intensive industries which cannot be electrified, such as aviation. Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) producers such as Synhelion and INERATEC aim to meet the market needs of major airlines such as SWISS International Air Lines, who recently committed to using solar fuels to reduce its emissions.
Synhelion is currently establishing an industrial-scale plant for the production of sustainable kerosene using solar energy in Jülich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Its technology uses concentrated solar radiation to turn CO2 and water into syngas.
The company has chosen INERATEC as its partner to produce fuel from the solar syngas. INERATEC provides modular chemical plants for power-to-X and gas-to-liquid applications. It has already implemented industrial-scale power-to-liquid plants in Germany and is a supplier of sustainable fuels and products.
Both tech companies have plans to rapidly scale their fuel production with support from partners, including SWISS and Lufthansa Group.
