In order to address this issue, the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) commissioned a study on the “Conceptual and Technical Design of a Development Platform for PtL Fuels” (“Konzeptionelle und technische Ausgestaltung einer Entwicklungsplattform für PtL-Kraftstoffe”), which was supported by NOW.
As part of this study, a consortium consisting of the German Aerospace Center (DLR – Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt), the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) and John Brown Voest GmbH (JBV) developed a concept for the establishment and operation of a modular PtL development platform. The facility to be conceptualised is to comprise both a research and a demonstration module in order to test innovative technology components in an integrated manner along the entire PtL production process.
