HARU ONI - WIND AND WATER BASED FUEL

Using wind and water as a basis to produce fuel with a neutral impact on the climate (eFuels*), a group of companies – such as Siemens Energy, Porsche and Exxon Mobil – put into practice in the last days of 2022 a project named Haru Oni. 

Haru Oni, means "strong winds", in an indigenous language of the people who inhabit the Magellan region, in southern Chile.  

The area where the plant was installed (wind power base) is ideal to produce the so-called e-gasoline, considering the excellent climate conditions – strong winds that blow continuously – and the low cost associated with electricity. In addition, it is close to the Strait of Magellan, which favors the export of carbon-neutral gasoline to several countries.  

* E-fuel is petroleum-free gasoline, manufactured from a physical-chemical process called hydrolysis, which uses hydrogen and CO2 (carbon dioxide) as raw materials.  

Haru Oni: how synthetic fuel is generated:  

Step 1 – in the initial phase, wind energy splits water into its two basic components (oxygen and hydrogen),  

Step 2 – CO2 is captured from the air and filtered,  

Step 3 – carbon dioxide is combined with green hydrogen to produce synthetic methanol,  

The result is the use of methanol as a basis to produce e-diesel, e-gasoline or e-kerosene.  

For the companies that oversee the project, this e-fuel can be part of the solution for reducing carbon emissions, as they generate around 90% less CO2 emissions.  

Innovative fuel: plans without pollutants 

December 20, 2022 was the date of the first tank stocked with synthetic fuel. The car that received the “first dose” was a Porsche 911. 

The sports car brand is one of the companies leading the Haru Oni project. For Michael Steiner, Member of the Executive Board for Development and Research at Porsche “The potential of e-Fuels is enormous. Currently, there are more than 1.3 billion vehicles with combustion engines around the world. Many of these will be on the road for decades to come, and e-Fuels offer existing car owners an almost carbon-neutral alternative. As a manufacturer of efficient, high-performance engines, Porsche has extensive know-how in the field of fuels.” 

In addition to being a sustainable alternative for fueling vehicles of all categories, one of the next steps towards decarbonization will be the use of eFuel in planes and ships.  

"The expectation is to increase capacity to 55 million liters of e-gasoline per year by 2024 and to more than 550 million by the year 2026. That is enough fuel for more than a million people to drive their cars for almost a year." (Siemens Energy) 

Synthetic gasoline for conventional cars  

According to information from the executing companies, one of the objectives is that the e-fuel can be distributed and stored in the structures currently used for fossil fuels. Nor will it be necessary to change the engines of existing cars. These issues would be major obstacles to the project.  

Siemens Energy states that: “It is not yet the end of the road for gasoline cars. Switching the global fleet to electric cars would leave a huge carbon footprint – and it wouldn't happen overnight. So, although the number of electric cars is growing significantly, there is still a large fleet of cars that need to be filled with gasoline.” 

E-fuel: A great alternative to gas stations 

Besides bringing many benefits to the environment, this novelty can be a good competitive advantage for gas stations that are aware of market movements.  

If your business profile is innovative, maybe it's time to look for more information about this new fuel based on renewable energy – one of the trends for the next few years for the transport sector. 

Haru Oni is already expanding its network of partners to expand the business to various regions of the world in the coming years and intends to start selling eFuels in March 2023. 

Preparing the ground for years to come 

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