Bio- and E-Fuels: No net-zero without sustainable fuels

The enabler of a Net Zero Society: The need for sustainable fuels

Around the world, companies and countries have set ambitious decarbonization targets for the coming decades. However, these will not be achievable by electrification alone – especially in so-called “hard-to-abate”-sectors, sustainable fuels will play a significant role. FEV e+r supports all stakeholders of the complex sustainable fuel ecosystem in bringing projects to life by navigating through the jungle of regulations and funding schemes while delivering integrated end‑to‑end support from feasibility and FEED to engineering and execution.

Hydrogen Pathways

We support hydrogen pathways from green and blue hydrogen to downstream derivatives, with a clear focus on technical viability, scale-up and real-world implementation.

Key products:
Green hydrogen | Blue hydrogen | Low carbon hydrogen

Power-to-X Pathways

We know the pitfalls of scaling Power‑to‑X and e‑fuel projects — from policy uncertainty and offtake challenges to technology, infrastructure, and supply‑chain complexity. By combining market and regulatory insight, strategic and financial advisory, modelling capabilities, and end‑to‑end delivery from FEED to execution and PMO, we help clients navigate complexity early.

Key products:
E-Methanol | E-Ammonia | E-SAF | Synthetic Hydrocarbons

Biogenic & Circular Fuel Pathways

Our deep expertise in feedstock sourcing, supply management and fuel certification helps ensure that bio-fuel projects are not only technically viable, but also commercially robust and compliant.

Key products:
Biomethanol | Bio-SAF | Biomethane | HVO | Waste-to-X

Navigating the challenges : Understanding the challenges is the first step to overcoming them

Cost competitiveness starts upstream
The right feedstock and transport concept, combined with optimized technology setup, operating logic and system design, defines long‑term cost performance.
Navigating regulatory complexity
Projects only move forward when regulation, incentives and permitting are understood early and translated into a robust development path.
From promising technology to reliable operation
Emerging technologies require more than ambition — they need realistic engineering, scale-up experience and a clear view of technical limits.
Turning projects into investable assets
Bankability is built through disciplined de-risking, transparent assumptions and technical concepts that stand up to investor scrutiny.

FEV takes over different roles for its clients

Owner’s engineer
Consultant and lead engineering for feasibility and front-end engineering designer (FEED)
Technology advisor
Permitting and regulatory advisor
EPCM (Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management) supporter
Performance optimizer
Sustainability and ESG advisor

Services: From strategy to reality

Wether you need to define what lies ahead or implement what’s decided – FEV helps along the whole project lifecycle.

We define the strategic direction, target picture and value case – understanding technological potentials and the reality behind the business cases. Fast, honest and precise.

We build powerful partnerships, with the target to de-risk the investment from day 1. Our early systems designs rely on decades of experience and powerful tools that allow to gain detailed insights in early phases.

We assess technical, economic and regulatory viability to shape tailored solutions that fit the client’s specific context — not technology show cases, but phased pathways that are realistic, implementable and scalable over time.

Within FEED, we define the technical architecture, develop equipment and layout concepts, specify interfaces, validate utilities and infrastructure needs, and build up capex, opex and execution schedules to a decision-ready level. This gives clients a robust basis for FID with clear scope, realistic costs, identified risks and an implementation concept that can actually be carried forward into execution.

We support execution from detailed planning through implementation and, together with leading EPC partners worldwide, provide end-to-end delivery support to ensure projects are realized safely, efficiently and as intended.

Published on November 25, 2024Case studies, Client Solutions, Sustainable fuels
Support Joint Venture formation unlocking green investment opportunities for biofuel production
Client sought to invest in biofuel production plants Set up of Joint Venture for project development from concept definition to construction of fuel production plant Development of five bio- and e-methanol plants in China…
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Assessment of the transportation sector’s future energy demand considering the development of net-zero economies
Client sought to understand the future energy demand of the transportation sector FEV assisted in a comprehensive demand estimation for net-zero economies…
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Synthetic fuel production from sustainable methanol
Researching electricity-based fuel production in Germany…
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Published on April 19, 2022Case studies, Client Solutions, Sustainable fuels
Feasibility study for sustainable methanol production in Tunisia
Market evaluation for sustainable methanol and willingness to pay estimation Plant concept definition and operation strategy development…
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