Applications

Heavy-goods vehicles

Glob­ally, the trans­port sec­tor is one of the biggest CO₂ pol­luters, and road trans­port is the biggest con­trib­utor, with 72% of the total. On European roads, freight trans­port accounts for over a quarter of vehicle emis­sions - there is immense CO₂ sav­ings poten­tial here.

heavy-goods e-fuels

Different concepts

Altern­at­ive con­cepts to reduce CO₂ emis­sions are already in use for per­sonal trans­port­ation. For heavy-goods traffic, these solu­tions often fall short. Bat­tery power is rarely an altern­at­ive due to the trans­port loads and the dis­tances involved. In the case of hydro­gen, the chal­lenges lie in trans­port and stor­age, eco­nomic effi­ciency and unre­solved safety issues. Liquid nat­ural gas or LNG (Lique­fied Nat­ural Gas) does not achieve the desired CO₂ sav­ings effects.

e-fuels offer impress­ive solu­tions with the fol­low­ing key bene­fits.

heavy-goods e-fuels

e-methanol in the fuel cell or combustion engine

  • Pro­duc­tion launch of the first large-scale plants are already being planned
  • e-meth­anol is the simplest and most cost-effect­ive e-fuel
  • Meth­anol fuel cell is close to mar­ket read­iness
  • Engine tech­no­logy for meth­anol propul­sion is avail­able
  • Exist­ing trans­port and stor­age solu­tions can be used

e-diesel in the combustion engine

  • Can be used in exist­ing fleets
  • Can be blen­ded with con­ven­tional diesel in any ratio
  • No invest­ments in altern­at­ive propul­sion con­cepts are needed
  • Exist­ing trans­port and stor­age solu­tions can be used

e-fuels are the simplest solu­tion to reduce CO₂ emis­sions from heavy-goods vehicles.

Applications