A few weeks ago, Thorsten Herdan celebrated in Chile. The occasion: the „Haru Oni“ industrial plant, which produces climate-neutral fuel, produced its first liters of e-fuels. „It was very impressive,“ Herdan says of HIF Global’s plant. To produce it, the plant uses electricity from a wind turbine, along with water and CO2. „These are still homeopathic quantities,“ Herdan admits. The 56-year-old is head of HIF EMEA, HIF’s subsidiary for Europe, the Middle East and Africa – based in Berlin. The pilot plant, whose construction was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, produces about one tanker of e-fuels per month. Herdan believes that this should quickly increase. His job is to make sure that happens.