e-fuel

English

Alternative forms

• efuel

Etymology

From e- +‎ fuel.

Noun

e-fuel (countable and uncountable, plural e-fuels)

1. 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^[1]:

     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

• combustible
• fuel
• hydrocarbon
• synfuel

 

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