e-fuel
English
Alternative forms
- efuel
Noun
e-fuel (countable and uncountable, plural e-fuels)
- A combustion fuel that is theoretically environmentally friendly and is carbon neutral. A range of combustibles that is produced by combining hydrogen from water with atmospheric carbon dioxide using renewable energy sources to make the fuels.
- Synonym: electrofuel
- 2021 May 6, Damian Carrington, “Using hydrogen fuel risks locking in reliance on fossil fuels, researchers warn”, in The Guardian:
- Fuels produced from hydrogen can be used as straight replacements for oil and gas and can be low-carbon, if renewable electricity is used to produce these “e-fuels”. However, the research found that using the electricity directly to power cars and warm houses was far more efficient.
- 2021, Tom Smolinka, Jürgen Garche, editors, Electrochemical Power Sources […] , Elsevier, →ISBN, page 13:
- E-fuels can subsequently end up in any of the sectors shown, but mainly get used as transport fuels for aviation and shipping, depending on the scenario.
Hypernyms
See also
- B10
- B100
- B20
- B5
- B50
- B90
- B95
- bioalcohol
- biodiesel
- bioethane
- bioethanol
- biofuel
- biogas
- biogasoline
- biomethane
- biomethanol
- E10
- E100
- E15
- E85
- E90
- E95
- electrochemistry
- electrolysis
- M10
- M100
- M15
- M85
- M90
- M95
- Sabatier process
- Sabatier reaction
- syngas
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