E-fuel from CAC: Once again at the Nürburgring 24-hour race
Griesemann Group starts the 24-hour race with 100 per cent synthetic fuel - up to 90 per cent less CO2 emissions.
For the second time, a racing team will be using climate-friendly, synthetically produced gasoline based on a technology developed by Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz (CAC). The Teichmann Racing (TR) Toyota GR Supra GT4 from the Griesemann Group will compete in this year's 24-hour race at the Nürburgring from 18 to 21 May 2023 with the 100% synthetic fuel.
The synthetic mixture of green hydrogen and carbon dioxide will be used by Nürburgring expert and professional racing driver Dirk Adorf (Michelbach), YouTube star Felix von der Laden (Lübeck) and the two brothers Björn Griesemann (Cologne) and Georg Griesemann (Bornheim) at the start of one of the toughest endurance races in the world. They will be driving a new Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO, which will be entered by Teichmann Racing in the "AT" class for alternative fuels. Cologne-based Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe, which already competed successfully with the e-fuel in 2022, is also actively supporting the project.
Synthetic fuel from the DeCarTrans research project is used in the race. The Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport is working with partners, including the companies CAC and Nordoel, to move towards defossilisation. They are providing the optimised synthetic fuel Racing e-fuel 98 for the race, which is based on CAC's production process and was developed in collaboration with the TU Bergakademie Freiberg over many years. Numerous engine, fleet and practical tests by renowned vehicle manufacturers as well as the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring 2022 have proven that both the synthetic fuel is of high quality and the process is ready for the market and can be scaled up to industrial standards at any time. Further political decisions are currently required to ensure the necessary investment security for implementation. "Following our successful 3rd place in the alternative fuels category last year, we are delighted to be supporting motorsport again this year with a climate-neutral fuel alternative. In its function as a technology transfer, motorsport can help to bring the advantages of our sustainable technology from the race track to the road," says Jörg Engelmann, Managing Director of CAC.
Both Griesemann brothers from the Rhineland are convinced by the project: "E-fuels are a component of climate-neutral mobility and can already be used in almost all forms of mobility with little conversion effort. It is very important for us to find a good balance between climate protection and mobility, and we believe that e-fuels are currently in pole position," says Georg Griesemann.
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This synthetic fuel, which is already REACH certified, is produced by Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz GmbH (CAC) in collaboration with the TU Bergakademie Freiberg.
Here, the Technical University operates Europe's largest demonstration plant with a theoretical production capacity of one million litres per year. Based on methanol, which can be produced from CO2 and "green" hydrogen or bio-methanol, CAC has developed a patented process that does not require fossil raw materials.
The DeCarTrans project currently aims to produce 380,000 litres of synthetic petrol by 2026, which will then be made available to the project partners for fuel tests and extensive vehicle testing.