Constructing a commercial plant for eFuels such as eMethanol and eDME
Aiming to produce eFuel based on turquoise and green hydrogen
Targeting domestic and overseas markets and commercial production in 2026

▲ Biofriends CEO Won-jun Cho (third from the left) signed a contract with Unitel Technology and H&H Worldwide for a feasibility study and detailed design.

On November 7, 2022, Bio Friends Inc (CEO Wonjun Cho), a company specialized in carbon-neutral and eco-friendly energy, and its US partners Unitel Technologies and H&H Worldwide signed a contract in Chicago, USA, for the Feasibility Study and the detailed design of Korea’s first commercial production of eFuel.

eFuel is a carbon-neutral and synthetic fuel that is produced using captured carbon dioxide, together with clean hydrogen obtained from sustainable electricity sources such as wind, solar, and nuclear.

This project is to execute a detailed design for the production of 30,000 TPY of eDME in South Korea and a Feasibility Study to produce eMethanol and eDME by synthesizing captured CO2 along with clean hydrogen manufactured using renewable electricity source (solar) or bio-gas in California, USA.

Bio Friends is anticipating that the Korean eMethanol and eDME market will be active after the year of 2026. Therefore, the company is planning to commence the construction of an eMethanol and eDME plant in 2024 and to begin the commercial production of eFuel in 2026.

The total production capacity is 30,000 TPY and it is aiming the commercial production of low-carbon fuel using captured CO2 in Korea. eFuel such as eMethanol and eDME, which is a low-carbon fuel that replaces fossil fuels for the conventional internal combustion engines, is considered as a fuel that can reduce the emission of greenhouse gases and is expected to be used as a fuel for trains and boats and ships.

In Korea, this eFuel will work as a bridge fuel that leads to the carbon-neutral society. In particular, Bio Friends is promoting technology development and creating a business model of eFuel in order to convert diesel engines of small fishery boats into eDME engines. Turquoise hydrogen, which doesn’t’ emit any carbon dioxide, will be produced using bio-gas or natural gas at an early stage in Korea. As the demand to clean hydrogen is expected to drastically increase at the time when Bio Friends begins to produce eFuel, the company decided to execute the Feasibility Study at the same time.

CEO of Bio Friends, Wonjun Cho, said, “Even though we have to solve various issues related to eFuel in order to secure feasibility, we think eFuel project is essential to transition into the low-carbon and carbon-neutral society. We will approach to the eco-friendly energy market with eMethanol and eDME at an early stage and will expand our business territory into e-Gasoline and e-Diesel.”

Considering the fact that eco-friendly vehicles such as electric car and fuel cell electric vehicles will not be able to completely replace internal combustion engines by 2050, the early commercialization of eFuel, which is emerging as a new energy source that can replace conventional internal combustion engine fuels, seems necessary.



Source: Gas News

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