Philipp Furler

Dr Philipp Furler is the CEO and co-founder of Synhelion. Furler holds a PhD in mechanical engineering from ETH Zurich and an executive MBA from the University of Strathclyde. He has more than 10 years of experience in high-temperature solar chemistry and reactor engineering. Prior to joining Synhelion, Furler co-founded the ETH spin-off company Sunredox, which was merged with Synhelion in 2018.

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Turning sunlight into fuel

The cleantech scale-up company Synhelion produces solar fuels to defossilize the transportation sector. Synhelion produces solar jet fuel, diesel and gasoline that can directly replace fossil fuels and are fully compatible with existing global fuel infrastructure. Its sustainable solar fuels close the carbon cycle as they only emit as much CO2 as went into their production. In 2024, Synhelion inaugurated the world’s first industrial-scale solar fuel plant in Germany. RISE, Synhelion’s first commercial production plant, will be located in Spain and is scheduled to produce solar fuels from 2027. The company will then continue to scale its solar fuel technology.

The audience will learn:

• How to turn sunlight into fuel
• Why renewable fuels are essential for a net-zero transportation sector
• Why it is important to scale-up renewable fuel technologies now