The company has officially joined power-to-fuel developer Liquid Wind to produce eFuel and enable a significant reduction in carbon emissions from shipping. 

Liquid Wind’s facilities will integrate a 70-MW PEM electrolyzer by Siemens Energy, which will use renewable electricity to split water into green hydrogen and oxygen. Liquid Wind’s facilities will integrate a 70-MW PEM electrolyzer by Siemens Energy, which will use renewable electricity to split water into green hydrogen and oxygen. The green hydrogen will be combined with biogenic CO₂ to form carbon neutral liquid fuel. This eFuel will be used by the shipping industry to replace fossil fuels, preventing the emission of 100,000 tpy of CO₂. In addition to the PEM electrolyzer, Siemens Energy is providing an equity investment to Liquid Wind AB and will contribute technology and expertise to the development of eMethanol facilities. Siemens Energy will also supply the entire power distribution, electrification, instrumentation, motors, drives and plant-wide automation. Digital tools will support the operation, optimization and replication of the standardized facilities.

With an estimated construction time of two years, the eMethanol is expected to be available from early 2024. The company is planning to scale up rapidly and is targeting the development of up to 500 standardized facilities internationally by 2050.

"eMethanol will be one of the drivers in the future of transportation and Siemens Energy want to be an active part of this," said Engelbert Schrapp, Principle Corporate Account Manager of Siemens Energy. "Liquid Wind is one of the most advanced developers in this space. Their ambitions for scale combined with Siemens Energy’s technology like the PEM-Electrolyzers and digital tools, will certainly have the chance to be one of the pillars of a more sustainable transportation industry.”