eFuels pilot plant in Chile officially opened : wind energy enable the nearly CO~2~-neutral operation of petrol engines

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20/12/2022 Porsche and international partners working with the Chilean operating company Highly Innovative Fuels (HIF) have started the industrial production of synthetic fuels.
https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/2022/company/porsche-highly-innovative-fuels-hif-opening-efuels-pilot-plant-haru-oni-chile-synthetic-fuels-30732.html

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The more interesting approach is synmethanol, particularly via electrosynthesis. Only half of energy density of gasoline, and suitable for fuel cells, including DMFCs.

Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) still have low power densities ... so maybe we should look at molten carbonate fuel cells or simple heat engines ? Anyway, synmethanol looks great !

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