Advanced e-fuels that are RFNBO compliant
e-fuels are also known as electrofuels, eFuels, Power-to-X (PtX), Power-to-Liquids (PtL) and renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBO’s). They are a synthetic alternative to fossil fuels and include synthetic aviation fuel (SAF) and synthetic marine diesel (SMD) that can be used in aircraft and ships without the need to modify the engines or refuelling infrastructure.
e-fuels differ from biofuels (bio-fuels) that are made by growing crops for fuel.
The European Union ReFuelEU Aviation and ReFuelEU Maritime legislation mandates both the amount of e-fuels that must be used from 2025 and the amount of SAF and SMD that must be renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBO). Hydrogen Refinery e-fuels comply with the RFNBO targets, biofuels do not.
The Hydrogen Refinery technology can also deliver competitively priced hydrogen and hydrogen derivatives such as e-diesel, dimethyl ether (DME), e-methanol and e-ammonia.
Aviation
Focus on Advanced SAF that is RFNBO compliant
Waste-to-Wingtip
Synthetic Aviation Fuel (SAF) is a core part of the International Air Transport Authority (IATA) strategy to achieve net zero by 2050.
The EU ReFuelEU Aviation directive states that SAF quotas rise every 5 years from 2% in 2025 to 70% in 2050.
Volumetric sub targets for the share of e-fuels in SAF rise every 5 years from 1.2% in 2030 to 35% in 2050.
Penalties for non-compliance are twice the difference of SAF/e-fuel versus the fossil fuel jet fuel price per tonne.
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Marine
Focus on SMD and e-methanol
Waste-to-Wake
The EU FuelEU Maritime directives state that Green House Gas (GHG) intensity must decline, well-to-wake, every 5 years compared to 2020. From 2% in 2025, to 80% in 2050.
Penalties are currently €2,400 per excess tonne of fossil fuel marine diesel consumed.
Penalty from 2034, if a sub-target of 1% of RFNBO is not met by 2031.
Hydrogen Refinery believes that the best fuels to achieve these targets are SMD and e-methanol produced from RFNBO compliant waste feedstocks.
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