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eFuels and their production,

an immediate solution

for the Energy Transition

Technip Energies is already committed to eFuels production, in particular to SAF,
through the agreement with Arcadia eFuels to develop first Power to Liquid
commercial plant

Luciano De Gaetano, Project Director of Arcadia eFuels projects
Technip Energies Italy
T he fight against Earth global warming “eFuels, or synthetic fuels, have the

advantage in that they can be used
and climate change is becoming more
in currently available engines and
and more urgent, with a growing
distribution facilities
number of countries committing to net
zero emissions by 2050: achieving
this means a huge decline in the use
in those kinds of applications (i.e. aircrafts engines),
of coal, oil and gas. In particular, the use of eFuels is of outmost importance
One of the pillars of world Energy Transition from where possible alternatives (electricity, hydrogen) are
traditional fossil sources to renewables (solar, wind, today not viable. At same time, eFuels are excellent
geo, hydro) are the so called eFuels, or synthetic fuels, energy carriers, thanks to their high energy density, and
which have the advantage to be used in currently because they can be transported at room temperature
available engines and distribution facilities. and pressure; such feature largely overcomes the

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