German Aerospace Center building world’s largest e-fuel research facility

In Germany, German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is currently building the world’s largest research facility for the production of electricity-based fuels, also known as electrofuels or e-fuels. The Technology Platform for Power-to-Liquid Fuels, or TPP for short, in Leuna, Saxony-Anhalt, will optimise e-fuels and further develop technologies and processes for their production on an industrial scale. The official start of construction was marked by an event at the Leuna chemical site on 1 October 2024, attended by Federal Minister for Digital and Transport Affairs, Volker Wissing, and Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt, Reiner Haseloff. Germany’s Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport Affairs (BMDV) has provided approximately €130 million in funding for the construction of the facility and additional funding is planned for research operations, due to commence in 2028.