A sustainable methanol economy? It’s possible closer than you may think. With the Haru Oni e-Methanol and e-Gasoline project underway in Chile, Siemens Energy is already taking strong strides to decarbonize the transportation sector using renewable energy. By improving economics of wind and solar power, and progressing in the development of key technologies like electrolysis or synthesis, we’re enabling a broad utilization of carbon neutral fuels with e-Methanol as a basic chemical feedstock, storage fluid and energy carrier.

Decarbonizing transportation

Recently, the European Commission increased the EU climate targets and now require a 55% CO2 reduction by 2030 (an increase from the prior goal of 40%). A more ambitious plan for a steadily emissions-increasing transport sector calls for more radical solutions – solutions that are being offered today with the Haru Oni project located in southern Chile. But first, why the focus on the transport sector? The transport sector is the only sector where emissions have been increasing over recent years. In particular, road transport stands out because it accounts for the highest share of emissions in the transport sector. The good news is that the EU already has a highly ambitious policy in place to decarbonize future road vehicles by ramping up the demand for […]