Tag: Biofuel
Scientists produced an artificial DNA model
Scientists are one step closer to creating synthetic yeast. For more than 15 years, researchers have been working tirelessly to create a complex cell containing the entire genome from scratch.…
Which biofuels are interesting for risk-averse investors
Lufthansa plane at Frankfurt Airport According to its spokesman, the airline used around 13,000 tons of SAF in 2022 and plans to increase this amount to around a million tons…
The Chinese are pushing into the biofuel market
Berlin The German biofuel industry is on the verge of collapse. The triggers are Chinese companies that are pushing into the German market. The situation is dramatic from the point…
EU prescribes e-fuels in aviation
An Air France aircraft is refueled with SAF in Nice From 2025, aircraft at European airports will have to be refueled with more sustainable fuels. (Photo: Reuters) Brussels In the…
820 billion euros – that’s how much climate-neutral flying costs
An airplane is refueled with sustainable fuel Aviation will be the largest customer for the so-called e-fuel in the future. (Photo: imago images/Joerg Boethling) Frankfurt Visibly proud, Tim Böltken broke…
Dispute: Porsche board of directors against Greens climate boss: How useful are e-fuels?
Michael Bloss (left) and Michael Steiner The climate boss of the Greens and the Porsche development board in a dispute. (Photo: Imago, Getty Images [M]) Dusseldorf, Brussels The dispute between…
France fails with nuclear power push in the EU
French nuclear power station Saint-Laurent-Nouan For Paris, the agreement is a setback in the attempt to advance nuclear power as an alternative to renewable energies in Europe. (Photo: Reuters) Brussels…
Widespread use costs up to 310 billion euros
Synthetic fuel bottle E-fuels are produced from water and carbon dioxide (CO2) using electricity. (Photo: dpa) Vienna, Dusseldorf The internal combustion engine will not disappear completely in Europe. The technology…
This is what you need to know about synthetic fuels
Production of e-fuels The hydrogen start-up Sunfire produces synthetic fuels. (Photo: Sunfire) Berlin From 2035 onwards, new cars that run on petrol or diesel will no longer be allowed to…
EU finally decides far-reaching combustion engine off
Freeway Even after 2035, new cars with combustion engines should be allowed to be registered in the EU if they are fueled with climate-neutral fuel. (Photo: dpa) Brussels From 2035…
There is a phantom debate about e-fuels
E fuel E-fuels are inefficient, cars fueled with them require almost five times as much energy per kilometer as a battery car, and they are correspondingly expensive. (Photo: dpa) Should…
With the dispute over e-fuels, the EU has opened Pandora’s box
At the end of 2020, Japan let the world know that by 2035 the combustion engine would be obsolete in the world’s third largest car market. Norway had previously announced…
Lindner plans tax benefits for cars with synthetic fuels
Cars that are fueled with climate-friendly synthetic fuels – so-called e-fuels – should in future be taxed less than vehicles currently powered by petrol or diesel, said the FDP chairman…
Why Wissing and his FDP are sending a fatal signal with their e-fuels extra sausage
Volker Wissing The Minister of Transport and his party have prevailed in the dispute over the combustion engine. (Photo: dpa) The liberals can’t stop celebrating. As soon as the first…
The federal government and the EU Commission settle disputes over combustion engines
combustion engine The exhaust of a car with a diesel engine. Cars with e-fuels may continue to drive after 2035. (Photo: dpa) Berlin/Brussels After weeks of wrangling about the future…
The federal government and the EU Commission settle disputes over combustion engines
Transport Minister Volker Wissing The EU and the federal government have agreed on an internal combustion engine off. Germany is accused of breach of trust. (Photo: IMAGO/Chris Emil Janssen) The…
Wissing and EU approach dispute over e-fuels
Volker Wissing (FDP) The transport minister sees a solution in the combustion dispute. (Photo: dpa) Brussels The Federal Transport Minister looked a bit exhausted when he appeared in front of…
Wissing and EU approach dispute over e-fuels
Volker Wissing (FDP) The transport minister sees a solution in the combustion dispute. (Photo: dpa) Brussels The Federal Transport Minister looked a bit exhausted when he appeared in front of…
FDP confident in the combustion dispute
combustion engine The EU and Germany could be close to an agreement in the combustion dispute. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In the dispute over the future of new cars with combustion…
Chancellor Scholz wants to stay out of the combustion dispute
Brussels Roberta Metsola gets straight to the point. The President of the European Parliament told Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson that she was writing to express her “deep concern” about…