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Swiss construction company Eberhard buys solar diesel from Synhelion

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Eberhard Bau AG, a leading Swiss construction company, has signed a long-term offtake agreement forsolar diesel with cleantech company Synhelion. Starting in 2027, Eberhard will purchase renewablediesel to reduce the CO₂ emissions of its construction machinery. 

Synhelion’s renewable fuels are produced using renewable energy and are fully compatible withexisting diesel engines – an ideal solution for construction machinery that operates under demandingconditions and is hard to electrify.

Renewable fuels for heavy machinery

With the signing of the offtake agreement, Synhelion is expanding the use of its renewable syntheticfuels to the construction sector for the first time – in addition to aviation, shipping, and roadtransportation. Construction machinery is heavy, operates in rough terrain, and is difficult to electrifydue to its high power requirements. By using renewable fuels, Eberhard is taking on a pioneering roleand contributing to the sustainable transformation of the construction industry.

“As a construction company, we have a special responsibility to use resources sustainably. Ourmachines are in heavy use every day – reliability is crucial. With Synhelion’s solar diesel, we can reduceCO₂ emissions in areas where there was previously no viable alternative,” says Silvan Eberhard, Headof Logistics at Eberhard Unternehmungen. “We are happy to have found a Swiss innovation partner inSynhelion with whom we can take a step forward and make a real contribution to defossilizing theconstruction industry.”

Scalable technology for a sustainable future

In 2024, Synhelion commissioned DAWN, the world’s first industrial plant for the production of solarfuels, in Germany. The company is now preparing to build its first commercial plant, which isscheduled to start operations in 2027. Synhelion’s renewable fuels reduce net CO₂ emissions by up to100% compared to fossil fuels. They are fully compatible with existing infrastructure and can be usedin existing combustion engines without any modifications.

Philipp Furler, Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Synhelion, emphasizes: “Eberhard is the first constructioncompany to rely on our renewable fuels, a milestone for the defossilization of this challenging sector.This application shows how our technology is having a concrete impact beyond aviation.”

Besides Eberhard Bau AG, other pioneers such as Swiss International Air Lines, Pilatus Aircraft, ZurichAirport, AMAG Group, and Lake Lucerne Navigation Company have signed offtake agreements forrenewable fuel with Synhelion. These offtake agreements demonstrate the growing demand forrenewable, scalable solutions for different transportation sectors.

About Synhelion

Synhelion produces renewable solar fuels to defossilize the transportation sector. The cleantechcompany has developed a scalable technology to produce synthetic fuels from solar energy. Thesesolar fuels are nearly CO₂-neutral and fully compatible with today’s global fuel infrastructure andconventional engines. Since the launch of its industrial-scale plant DAWN in 2024, Synhelion has beenproducing solar jet fuel, diesel, and gasoline and delivering them to its customers. Backed byinternational partners across various industry and transportation sectors, Synhelion is on a mission toreplace fossil fuels with renewable solar fuels.

For more information, please visit www.synhelion.com.

About Eberhard

Eberhard Unternehmungen is a leading Swiss construction company based in Kloten, Switzerland. Forover 70 years, Eberhard has stood for pioneering spirit, quality, and sustainable solutions in theconstruction industry. The company is active in the fields of civil engineering and road construction,demolition, excavation, recycling, and circular building materials, and has been committed tosustainable construction processes for many years. With innovative projects such as zirkulit® and thedevelopment of new circular models, Eberhard is providing important impetus for the transformationof the Swiss construction industry.

For more information, please visit: www.eberhard.ch

Press Kit 

Further information about Synhelion as well as image and video material are available in our press kit:https://synhelion.com/press-kit.

Contact for press inquiries 

Carmen MurerHead
Communication & Marketing, Synhelion
+41 79 619 52 11
carmen.murer@synhelion.com

Caroline Schultheiss
Head Marketing & Communication, Eberhard
Unternehmungen
+41 43 211 22 32
caroline.schultheiss@eberhard.ch

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