Emissions of greenhouse gases have been a pressing problem for the past few years, especially in the transport sector, which, in addition to the industrial sector, causes the largest pollutant emissions. Synthetic fuels, obtained from non-fossil raw materials, represent one of the solutions that could help to achieve a climate-neutral Europe by 2050. Especially e-fuels, which are obtained from green hydrogen and CO2 from the environment, have a good potential. Due to their properties which are very alike to conventional fossil fuels, are e-fuels suitable for use in existing internal combustion engines with minimal adjustments, since the mixtures of such fuels with fossil fuels meet the strict standards for fuels that apply within the EU. The rapid penetration of e-fuels into the market, with sufficient amounts of produced green energy, would be enabled by the existing infrastructure, which enables use without major adjustments. E-fuels are expected to reach the majority of fuel usage by 2050, with strategic direction that the entire volume of hydrocarbon-based fuels will be slightly reduced, which represents the basis for reducing greenhouse gas emissions especially in maritime and aviation sector, which is the key target group of synthetic fuels use
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