Synthetic fuel manufacturing facility announced for Tasmania
Australia will soon be producing synthetic petrol and LPG, thanks to a
new facility being built in north-west Tasmania.
Tasmania will soon be home to the first synthetic fuel plant in
Australia.
Global synthetic fuel company HIF - which has received financial
backing from Porsche - has announced the establishment of HIF
Tasmania, with the island state set to produce up to 100 million
litres per year of synthetic carbon-neutral fuel.
Synthetic fuels (or eFuels) are manufactured by harvesting CO2 from
the environment, and then using renewable electricity to create
hydrogen and combine it with the captured CO2 to produce different
products used in cars and aeroplanes.
The idea being that the vehicles will only be emitting CO2 that had
already been captured and removed from the environment, rather than
releasing new CO2 into the atmosphere by burning oil-derived
hydrocarbons.
HIF Tasmania says it will be producing 'eGasoline' as a replacement
for unleaded petrol for use in cars, as well as LPG and jet fuel.
https://www.drive.com.au/news/synthetic-fuel-manufacturing-facility-announced-for-tasmania/
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