Decentralized Production of E-Fuels for European Armed Forces

Fuel supply Producing synthetic fuels decentrally

2025-11-04 From Thomas Günnel 1 min Reading Time

Rheinmetall has developed a concept that allows European armed forces to independently produce synthetic fuels. Additional German companies are involved.

Europe's armed forces should be able to produce synthetic fuels decentrally and independently in the future.(Source: Rheinmetall) — Europe's armed forces should be able to produce synthetic fuels decentrally and independently in the future.
(Source: Rheinmetall)

In the future, armed forces should produce their required fuel decentrally. In the "Giga PtX" project, Rheinmetall aims to establish a Europe-wide network of several hundred modular production plants for synthetic fuels with partner companies. Depending on the deployment profile, these plants should be able to produce diesel, marine diesel, or kerosene; annually producing 5,000 to 7,000 tons per plant.

These companies are participating

Rheinmetall acts as the general contractor and is responsible for the system integration, design, construction, maintenance, and operation of the plants. These are designed for large-scale and industrial use. According to Rheinmetall, "major German industrial players and leading cleantech companies" are working on the plant technology.

Sunfire supplies pressure alkaline electrolyzers to generate green hydrogen. The North Rhine-Westphalian new energy company Greenlyte contributes modular technology capable of capturing carbon directly from ambient air; a component of synthetic fuels. Ineratec from Karlsruhe is responsible for the Reverse-Water-Gas-Shift and Fischer-Tropsch processes. These techniques convert hydrogen and carbon dioxide into synthetic fuels.

According to Rheinmetall, the first plants can be realized in the short term, as soon as the political and regulatory framework conditions are established.

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