Draft:Haru Oni

Haru Oni

Haru Oni is a demonstration facility that produces carbon-neutral eFuels with the winds of Patagonia, located 40 km north of Punta Arenas. It is the first integrated plant of its kind in the world and the owner and developer is HIF Global.

These eFuels will seek to replace fossil fuels without requiring changes to existing engines, storage, and distribution systems.

Status

• The plant is currently operating and producing eFuels.
• Major construction work began in September 2021, and the first liters of synthetic fuels were produced in December 2022. HIF Haru Oni employed 250 people during construction and is now operated by 22 people. The Operations and Maintenance team is 100% local.  
• In October 2023, they announced the world’s first production of carbon-neutral liquefied gas (eLG) generated with renewable energy. This gas is captured in the Methanol to Gasoline conversion.
• Shipment of the first commercial export to United Kingdom in October 2023 (24,600 liters of eFuels).

How it works

• With power generated from wind they obtain hydrogen from water through a process called electrolysis.
• Then, the hydrogen obtained from the electrolysis with the CO₂ (captured from a biogenic source) is combined through a synthesis process obtaining eMethanol.  
• The eMethanol, eGasoline and eLiquefiedGas (eLG) produced can be used in current infrastructure without any modifications required.
• Some of the plant’s equipment are the Silyzer 200 electrolyzer; the Siemens Gamesa 3.4 MW wind turbine that provides renewable energy for the electrolysis process; and the MtG (Methanol to Gasoline) technology, among others.

Details

Investment	USD 78 million
Area	5,7 hectares
Wind Turbine capacity	3,4 MW
Production capacity	20.5 kg/hr green hydrogen 150 kg/hr CO2
eFuels production	350 tons/year of eMethanol   130.000 lt/year of eGasoline
Storage	50 m3 green hydrogen 50 m3 CO2 47 m3 Crude eMethanol 77 m3 4% eMethanol 57 m3 eGasoline
Life cycle	25 years

The Team

• HIF Global, owner and lead developer of the Haru Oni facility
• Porsche, the world's largest sports car manufacturer contributed with research and is the offtaker of Haru Oni eFuels production for its cars and experience centers.
• Siemens Energy, a leading energy solutions company, is responsible for the plant design and technology integration.
• Enel Green Power, Italian multinational operating in renewable energies, is involved in the wind power generation and green hydrogen production aspects of the facility.
• ENAP, the Chilean state-owned energy company, supports with infrastructure and logistics.
• Empresas GASCO, leader in the development of projects in the gas distribution energy market, provides R&D for the development and production of e-LG
• ExxonMobil, energy supplier and chemicals, fuels and lubricants seller worldwide, provides the plant with methanol-to-gasoline (MtG) technology.