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IMPORTANCE OF LIQUID ENERGY SOURCES FOR THE ENERGY TRANSITION

Client

Associations of the mineral oil industry

Year

2018

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There is still a need for liquid energy sources such as gasoline. E-fuels are an almost greenhouse gas-neutral alternative to fossil fuels. Prognos examined their perspectives in the energy transition for the associations of the mineral oil industry.

Greenhouse gas-neutral liquid energy sources can be produced by converting renewable electricity into a liquid energy carrier (power-to-liquid, PtL) with the aid of electrolysis hydrogen and carbon. Carbon can be extracted from the air or from biomass (power-and-biomass-to-liquid, PBtL). From today's perspective, these so-called e-fuels are indispensable for ensuring a largely climate-neutral energy supply.

In addition, from the point of view of consumers, certain applications of this kind of energy could in the future become competitive with greenhouse-gas-neutral electricity supplies in terms of price - and would be connectable to the infrastructure available today.

This is the conclusion of a study commissioned by the associations of the mineral oil industry, which Prognos prepared together with Fraunhofer UMSICHT and the German Biomass Research Centre (DBFZ).

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Authors: Jens Hobohm, Alex Auf der Maur, Hans Dambeck, Dr. Andreas Kemmler, Sylvie Koziel, Sven Kreidelmeyer, Dr. Alexander Piégsa, Paul Wendring (Prognos AG), mit, Benedikt Meyer (UMSICHT), Dr. rer. nat. Andreas Apfelbacher (UMSICHT), Martin Dotzauer (DBFZ), Dr. Konstantin Zech (DBFZ)

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