Pathways to Meet Renewable Energy Targets in Transport

Authors

Dipl.-Ing. F. Balthasar MBA, Dr.-Ing. I. Mikulic, Dr.-Ing. A. Kolbeck, Dr.-Ing. K. Wilbrand, Shell Global Solutions (Deutschland) GmbH, Hamburg; Prof. Dr. R. Cracknell, Shell, London; K. Rijken MA BA, Shell Trading & Supply, Rotterdam; Dr.-Ing. W. Warnecke, Shell Energy Deutschland GmbH, Hamburg:

Year

2022

Print Info

Production/Publication ÖVK

Summary

Meeting the targets of the Paris Climate agreement requires fast decarbonization (in the sense of taking fossil carbon out) of the transport sector. Decarbonization comes at a cost and hence regulations and mandates are needed to stimulate the transition. This paper gives an overview on the legislative framework and its impact on the fuel industry. The European Renewable Energy Directive drives decarbonization, through definition of targets and options. The paper describes which options for fuels and energy carriers are available and will be pursued by Shell.

On-road transport is proposed to move to zero emission, i.e. passenger cars and trucks becoming battery electric and/or running on hydrogen. Especially for heavier trucks with long distance driving use cases hydrogen is expected to grow as a fuel.

However, there will remain a legacy fleet of internal combustions on the roads for many years to come and decarbonization solutions are needed for those as well. Biofuels and bio- LNG are lower cost options which can play an important role to help decarbonizing on-road transport in the near- and mid-term. R33 and HVO100 are fuels that can be used “drop-in” for diesel combustion engines in the legacy fleet. For gasoline engines ethanol is a blend component that allows fossil carbon reduction and delivers high octane, which enables blending of lower-octane bio-naphtha or MTG. E20 is seen as a logical next step for gasoline engines, as many newer vehicles on the roads are technically able to run on E20.

With transition of on-road transport towards electric and hydrogen, available biofuels can be used for marine and aviation, as they will need liquid and energy-dense fuels in the longer run. Longer-term, when e-fuels can be produced at lower cost and at larger scale, it is expected that these fuels can play a role in the aviation and marine sector.

ISBN

1920-2323-23-1

Number of pages

25 Order