H2 View understands that the Haru Oni e-fuels facility in Chile’s Magallanes region is the world’s first operating e-fuels plant.

It combines a Silyzer 200 electrolyser, a Siemens Gamesa 3.4MW wind turbine powering the electrolysis process, and Methanol-to-Gasoline technology.

The RFNBO certificate was issued by the German body ISCC (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification) and validated by the European Commission.

It represents the first facility outside the EU to receive certification for RFNBO hydrogen, and the first worldwide to achieve it for the production of e-gasoline.

Certification means HIF can legally and competitively supply e-fuels into the EU from Haru Oni.

“HIF’s Haru Oni e-Fuels facility has achieved an important global milestone, becoming the first facility outside the EU to be RFNBO certified, the EU’s highest standard in sustainability criteria,” explained Diego Fettweis, HIF’s Chief Commercial Officer (CCO).

“We look forward to producing RFNBO fuel by 2026 and continuing to lead the e-Fuels market”.

EU RFNBO rules require green hydrogen producers to source renewable power under strict additionality, time-matching and grid-correlation criteria.

Electricity must come from new assets within the same grid zone, with electrolyser output matched to renewable generation monthly until 2029, and hourly from 2030.