The days of internal combustion engines are getting numbered. With newer cars getting the assist of electric motors, the internal combustion is a dying breed. The internal combustion engine is a magical thing where fuel burns, witchcraft happens and the car makes noises. But what if there's a substitute for the dino juice?
Porsche and Siemens Energy has partnered up with a lineup of international companies to develop and implement a pilot project in Chile that is expected to yield the world’s first integrated, commercial, industrial-scale plant for making synthetic climate-neutral fuels or eFuels.
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Save The Engines - Porsche Develops Synthetic Fuel
The days of internal combustion engines are getting numbered. With newer cars getting the assist of electric motors, the internal combustion is a dying breed. The internal combustion engine is a magical thing where fuel burns, witchcraft happens and the car makes noises. But what if there's a substitute for the dino juice?
Porsche and Siemens Energy has partnered up with a lineup of international companies to develop and implement a pilot project in Chile that is expected to yield the world’s first integrated, commercial, industrial-scale plant for making synthetic climate-neutral fuels or eFuels.
The “Haru Oni” pilot project in Magallanes Province takes advantage of the excellent wind conditions in southern Chile to produce climate-neutral fuel with the aid of green wind power. As part of Germany’s national hydrogen strategy, to support the project Siemens Energy will get a grant of some 8 million euros from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, the ministry announced today.
Siemens Energy serves as a system integrator to cover the entire value chain – from power generation using Siemens Gamesa wind turbines, to producing green hydrogen, to conversion into synthetic fuel.
As the fuel’s primary user, Porsche is planning as a first phase to use the eFuels from Chile in beacon projects. Those include using the eFuels in vehicles for 