By 2030, the European Union (EU) wants to achieve a 55 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The PtX Lab Lausitz is researching the potential of synthetic e-kerosene (SAF) and will present the results in Berlin on 19 November 2024.
The EU has submitted a joint climate target to the United Nations: By 2030, greenhouse gas emissions are to be reduced by 55 per cent compared to 1990 levels. Each of the 27 EU countries must contribute to this. Emissions are particularly difficult to reduce in the aviation sector.
Germany has an advanced aviation industry that wants to remain at the global technological top level in the future. That is why the PtX Lab Lausitz is researching the potential for greenhouse gas-neutral air transport, where Germany and the EU can set standards.
Critical metals and raw materials are crucial for the production of e-kerosene
Synthetic e-kerosene is crucial to achieving greenhouse gas-neutral aviation in Europe by 2050. However, the production of e-kerosene requires critical metals and minerals. Greenhouse gas-neutral aviation therefore depends heavily on the availability of these raw materials.
Study shows ways to produce sufficient quantities of e-kerosene
To determine the demand for metallic and mineral resources for e-kerosene, DECHEMA e.V. and the PtX Lab Lausitz are conducting the study ‘Resource requirements and availability for GHG-neutral aviation’. The results show which technologies and sustainable production routes can be used to produce sufficient quantities of e-kerosene. The study is intended to provide decision-makers from the aviation and mining industries as well as the relevant national and European legislative bodies with a knowledge base for discussing new instruments for resource coverage in aviation.
Results of the study on the availability of critical minerals are presented
On 19 November 2024, important findings of the study on the availability of the required critical minerals will be presented at the Hessische Landesvertretung in Berlin. All interested stakeholders are welcome to attend the presentation of the study results.
Programme
13:00 | Reception
13:30 | Start of the event – welcoming remarks
- Dr Jens Artz
Senior Advisor E-Fuels & E-Chemicals DECHEMA e.V. (Moderator) - Dr Constanze Haug
Managing Director Zukunft – Umwelt – Gesellschaft (ZUG) gGmbH
13:40 | Mineral resources for the transformation
- Dr Harry Lehmann
Head of PtX Lab Lausitz
13:50 | Keynote
- Dr Janez Potočnik
Co-Chair of the International Resource Panel, former European Commissioner for the Environment
14:20 | Filling the knowledge gap: the resource study
- Anja Paumen, Dr Lorenzo Cremonese
Project Lead PtX Lab Lausitz
14:30 | Coffee Break
14:40 | Study: methodology and results
- Angee Fehling, Dr Dinh Du Tran
Project Management DECHEMA e.V., Part of the author team
15:20 | Impulse lectures
- Dr Britta Bookhagen
Head of Unit Secondary Raw Materials, Deutsche Rohstoffagentur (DERA) - Dr Monika Dittrich
Head of Research Unit Circular Systems, Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH
16:00 | Break for interaction
16:45 | Panel discussion
- Dr Christian Hagelüken
formerly Director EU Government Affairs at Umicore, member of the Umweltbundesamt (UBA) - Dr Ulf Neuling
Senior Associate Fuels, Agora Verkehrswende gGmbH - Dr Uta Weiss
Head of Public Affairs Mabanaft GmbH & Co.KG, Chairwoman of the Mittelständische Energiewirtschaft Deutschland
17:45 | Closing remarks
- Dr Harry Lehmann
Head of PtX Lab Lausitz
17:50 | Buffet and networking for interaction
19:00 | End of the event
Information for participants
Where: Representation of the State of Hessen (Landesvertretung Hessen), In den Ministergärten 5, 10117 Berlin
When: 19 November 2024, 01:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The event will be held in German. It is aimed at interested persons from research and science, journalists and decision-makers (politics, business). The event is hosted by PtX Lab Lausitz, DECHEMA e.V. has the organisational lead.
