Low-carbon fuels · Commercial advisory
Commercial judgement for low-carbon fuels.
Helping businesses understand and transact in low-carbon fuels.
Reports and analysis, offtake strategy, deal structuring and bankable supply agreements for eFuels, green methanol, SAF, renewable diesel and renewable natural gas (RNG).
Across the board
Every low-carbon fuel draws on the same short list: waste oils, biomass, biogenic CO2, clean power and the hydrogen made with it. So the real question is never just “can we make it?” It’s which route, to which product, for which market, under whose rules, and who else is bidding for the same feedstock.
Tom has worked on almost every low-carbon fuel since 2008, across road, marine, aviation and chemicals. Mostly, that teaches humility. Mandates slip, credits get rewritten, and yesterday’s sure thing becomes today’s stranded project.
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eFuels
Fuels made from green hydrogen and captured CO2
Synthetic fuels such as e-methanol, e-gasoline and e-SAF, produced with renewable power. Projects are capital-intensive, so long-term offtake that reflects hydrogen, CO2 and power costs is what gets them financed.
Discuss an eFuels project →Green methanol
A leading fuel for the new generation of ships
Methanol made from biomass or from green hydrogen and CO2. Shipping lines are ordering dual-fuel vessels to meet FuelEU Maritime, and the same molecule serves the chemicals market, so supply and pricing structures have to work across both.
Discuss a methanol project →SAF
Sustainable aviation fuel
Jet fuel made from waste oils, residues or synthetic routes, blended with conventional kerosene. ReFuelEU Aviation sets rising blending mandates in Europe, and US incentives support production, so airlines and producers need supply locked in well ahead of demand.
Discuss a SAF project →Renewable diesel
A drop-in replacement for fossil diesel
Also known as HVO: diesel made by hydrotreating vegetable oils and waste fats, chemically equivalent to fossil diesel and usable without blending limits. Value depends heavily on feedstock and on regulation such as RED in the EU and the RFS and LCFS in the US.
Discuss a renewable diesel project →Renewable natural gas
Biomethane for pipelines, transport and industry
Biogas from landfills, farms and wastewater, upgraded to pipeline quality. Interchangeable with natural gas, its value is driven largely by environmental credits, which makes contract structure and credit allocation central to every deal.
Discuss an RNG project →Explore
Fuel Weather
Tailwind or headwind for each fuel against its fossil rival, from public data. Conditions, not forecasts.
See the conditions → RegulationPolicy Tracker
New rules and announcements from the US, EU, UK, China and the IMO, checked every week.
Open the tracker → About9 Degrees East
28 years in energy, 20 of them structuring long-term supply deals, from oil major trading desks to eFuels and shipping.
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