Synthetic fuels
Lidl Switzerland supports Empa research

By 2030, Lidl Switzerland wants to deliver its goods to all its stores without the use of fossil fuels. To achieve this goal, technological progress and cooperation between research, industry and the public authorities are essential. As part of the "Goodbye Diesel" project, Lidl Switzerland has already invested in an infrastructure for the application of liquefied natural gas (LNG). This infrastructure is to be operated with renewable gas in the future. This means that fossil diesel can be replaced in a sustainable manner in cargo transport.
Therefore, Lidl Switzerland is entering into a partnership with Empa and is supporting the development of a new type of power-to-gas plant as part of the "move" mobility demonstrator in Dübendorf. At move, Empa, together with partners from research, industry and the public sector, has for some years been investigating and demonstrating several mobility paths, which should make it possible to do without fossil fuels in the future. In addition to electro mobility, Empa researchers have concentrated on hydrogen mobility and have built Switzerland's first hydrogen fueling station. The next step is the so-called methanization process, in which hydrogen (H2) produced with renewable electricity is converted into synthetic methane (CH4) together with carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere.