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eFuels pilot plant in Chile officially opened : wind energy enable the nearly CO~2~-neutral operation of petrol engines (lemmy.world)

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20/12/2022 Porsche and international partners working with the Chilean operating company Highly Innovative Fuels (HIF) have started the industrial production of synthetic fuels.
https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/2022/company/porsche-highly-innovative-fuels-hif-opening-efuels-pilot-plant-haru-oni-chile-synthetic-fuels-30732.html

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean ammonia is pretty decent fuel in itself, it can be decomposed to hydrogen or burned as is

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The Haber-Bosch approach to breaking the nitrogen triple bond takes a lot of energy in terms of high pressure and temperature which is not present in the product, hence wasted. Ammonia is a fertilizer either as gas or as ammonium nitrate, and too precious to burn.

Another random fact: half of the energy present in liquid hydrogen has been spent on its liquification.