German officials unveil what they say is the world’s first commercial plant for making synthetic kerosene, touted as a climate-friendly fuel of the future.
Dietrich Brockhagen, Executive Director of Atmosfair, points on pipes of the system that brings hydrogen and carbon into the facility that mix them and produce e-fuel at the 'Atmosfair' synthetic kerosene plant in Werlte, Germany, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021.
Experts say e-fuels can help solve the problem by replacing fossil fuels without requiring major technical modifications to the aircraft.minister, Svenja Schulze, said at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new plant. “At the same time, no one should have to sacrifice the dream of flying. This is why we need alternatives to conventional, climate-harming kerosene.”
The amount of fuel that the plant can produce beginning early next year is modest: just eight barrels a day, or about 336 gallons of jet fuel. That would be enough to fill up one small passenger plane every three weeks.worldwide reached 95 billion gallons in 2019, before the pandemic hit the travel industry, according to the International Air Transport Association, or IATA.
Initially the price of synthetic kerosene produced in Werlte will be far higher than that of regular jet fuel, though Atmosfair won’t divulge how much it will be charging its first customer, the German airline Lufthansa. “It will be in the end consumers, it will be intermediaries and it will be the air industry companies,” she said.
The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden last month set a goal of replacing all the kerosene-based jet fuel with sustainable fuel by 2050, but critics note that target is voluntary so far.
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