"Liquid fuels offer unique opportunities for easy, secure, long term, high energy density storage in existing infrastructure".
UPEI fully support Eric van den Heuvel (studio Gear Up, an independent strategic advisory firm in the field of bio-based and circular economy) message on the strategic importance of two main issues in the deployment of e-fuels in the transport and energy sector in Europe.
Firstly, balancing the grid is crucial. While the grid can absorb the variability of electricity production to a certain level, capturing the intermittency power and storing it in, for example, e-fuels is an important tool for grid balancing.
The second issue concerns energy storage. Two elements are important for storage of renewable electricity: the period of storage and the volume required for storage. Liquid fuels offer unique opportunities for easy, secure, long term, high energy density storage in existing infrastructure.
While recent years have seen a strong focus on electrification, European policymakers should urgently consider a combination of both transport electrification and low-carbon liquid fuels as the only way to reach climate objectives in time and in a cost-effective manner.
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