Shaping sustainability frameworks for PtX technologies.
In response to increasing demand and market interest in Power-to-X (PtX) technologies, RSB hosts a platform to convene stakeholders and experts to evaluate, agree on and promote best practices to address and reduce sustainability risks related to PtX technologies, particularly for the aviation and shipping industries.
Previously known as the PtX Working Group, which proposed best practices and sustainability requirements for PtX technology to amend the RSB Standard for Advanced Fuel, the PtX Platform continues to discuss the key sustainability areas for this technology in order to improve requirements based on technological development, as well as to assist policymakers, investors, and corporations in ensuring the sustainable implementation of PtX products.
Access to RSB’s Power-to-X Platform is a benefit of RSB membership.
Power-to-X technology, (PtX – power to liquid, power to gas or power to ammonia) holds promise as a renewable, non-biogenic technology to produce fuels. PtX uses CO2, water and renewable electricity to produced synthetic liquid hydrocarbon fuels and chemicals. Electric energy from renewable sources is stored in the chemical bonds of liquid or gaseous fuels to produce the final fuel/chemical.
PtX technology consists of two main steps: (1) the hydrogen production through an electrolyser using water and renewable electricity as main inputs and (2) a subsequent catalytic conversion of the hydrogen gas with carbon dioxide or nitrogen. In some cases, compounds such as ethanol, methanol, biomethane can also be used as a renewable precursor from hydrogen and carbon in a process of electrochemical synthesis.
The RSB PtX Platform is conducting the following activities:
1. Organising learning sessions on PtX technologies and sustainability best practices.
2. Advising on and discussing key sustainability areas.
3. Developing and improving a commonly-accepted proposal on best practices to reduce sustainability risks for PtX technologies implementation.
4. Development of a communication strategy for policymakers, investors and producers interested in PtX technology.
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Carolina is RSB’s Associate Director – Partnerships and Engagement. A biologist with a PhD in genetics and an MBA in Business Management, Carolina has dedicated her professional career to helping to achieve a balance between environmental protection and economic growth by establishing a sustainable and low-carbon circular economy. She has spent much of her career […]
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Hannah Walker is Deputy Executive Director at the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB), where she supports organisational leadership and drives global engagement across industry, government, civil society, and academia. She leads RSB’s outreach, communications, and marketing, and is responsible for building and activating strategic partnerships, growing the organisation’s membership community, and designing high-impact global events. […]
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