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January 16, 2024

Can ‘greener’ e-fuels save the planet? This startup just raised $129m to try and make it happen

E-fuels are considered one of the most promising alternatives to fossil fuels, but few companies can produce them at scale

Getting people to fly less, or switch to e-vehicles, might not be a fast or reliable enough solution to decarbonise the transportation industry — but e-fuels, which are supposedly more environmentally friendly than traditional ones, could help us get there quicker.

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Someone holding a bottle of Ineratec's synthetic fuel
Label reads: INERATEC, synethic fuels
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An example of Ineratec’s modular facilities that can be “stacked” on each other to scale up capacity
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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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