What is plant Dawn?

Plant DAWN is a crucial step in Synhelion’s strategy to scale up its solar fuel technology. With this plant, the company demonstrates the robustness and economics of this technology at relevant scale. Construction is progressing steadily, and more progress is visible day by day. Now, the solar tower has been erected.

What is the Solar Tower of Dawn?

Now, the solar tower has been erected. The tower of DAWN is about 20 meters high and houses Synhelion’s key innovations to produce solar fuel: the receiver, the reactor, and the thermal energy storage that enables cost-efficient operation around the clock. The tower is uniquely configured to facilitate efficient fuel production.

What's happening at synhelion & Dawn?

Jülich, Germany, September 6, 2022 With today’s groundbreaking ceremony, Synhelion marks the start of construction work on DAWN – the world’s first industrial plant to produce synthetic fuels using solar heat.

Will dawn be the first industrial-scale plant to use synhelion?

A few weeks ago, the last major technological milestone for the industrial production of solar fuels was reached with the production of solar syngas on an industrial scale. DAWN will be the first industrial-scale plant to use all the innovations developed by Synhelion. The demonstration plant will also serve as a model for future commercial plants.

What is the Dawn project?

The DAWN Project has been developed by Swiss company Synhelion to begin industrial-scale production of so-called “solar fuels,” which the company argues have the potential to significantly reduce planet warming carbon emissions.

What is Dawn & synhelion?

DAWN is the world’s first industrial solar fuel plant for producing carbon-neutral solar fuels. Synhelion, a green tech company that evolved from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), created it. The technology aims replace traditional fossil fuels. A new facility in Germany is making liquid fuel out of sunlight.