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HVO as Road Fuel – Markets and Sustainability

16 Dec 2024
HVO (“Renewable Diesel”) from plant or animal-based residual and waste materials is considered, alongside e-fuels, to be the most attractive fuel option for combustion engines in cars and trucks. We take the results from two new reports and show: the growth opportunities remain limited; the climate savings are greatly exaggerated; and fraudulent, large-scale imports of UCO and animal fats cannot be contained with the current EU certification system..… more


E-Fuels for transport: fundamentals, status and outlook

10 Dec 2024
E-fuels have become a hot topic that immediately brings any car-related discussion to a boil. We present basic facts, figures and an outlook.… more


Ammonia as marine fuel – a primer

6 Dec 2024
Green Ammonia: favorable properties as low-carbon marine fuel are not enough. The article provides important data and the maritime market context… more


Sustainable Aviation Fuels

4 Dec 2024
A runway for decarbonisation? New findings from T&E´s SAF Observatory…more


Crude oil prices likely to remain low in 2025

2 Dec 2024
In 2025, low-carbon fuels will have to deal with fierce price competition from fossil fuels. The current situation on the global crude oil market points to a growing oil supply with only…more


CCS – Can we simply bury our CO2 problem?

2 Dec 2024
The report provides a detailed and, in my opinion, clear and jargon-free presentation of the most important active CCS projects to date (Sleipner, Snøhvit, Gorgon et al.). They demonstrate how difficult, unplannable and individual each CCS project is….more


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Consultancy and research office based in Hamburg 🇩🇪, established in 2008 and run by Dr Steffen Bukold (more).

Services 🇩🇪🇬🇧: research and policy papers (for background or for publication), consultancy services, presentations. Working languages: German 🇩🇪 and English 🇬🇧.

Focus: oil, fuels and transport, often in the context of climate policies and decarbonisation

(1) Since 1/2025: decarbonisation of transport fuels (air, sea, road) including biofuels, e-fuels and electromobility (i.e. „Verkehrswende“, but focus on fuels). Our project Transport Fuel Tracker (2025-2034) started in January 2025.

(2) Since 2009: international oil & gas markets, oil & gas prices, CO2 and methane emissions, CCS, oil policies & politics, Big Oil strategies.

(3) 1990s/2000s: transport research (sea, ports, rail, road).



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