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The necessity to decarbonise the transportation sector has triggered the exploration of alternative cleaner fuels that can successfully substitute fossil derived fuels. Dimethyl ether (DME) poses as a promising candidate due to excellent combustion properties and low greenhouse gas emissions. Recently, the power to liquids (PtL) concept in conjunction with the carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) scenario have emerged as sustainable ways to produce carbon based material and contribute into satisfying the ever growing energy demand. In view of these, the goal of the present study is to determine the technical performance and economic viability of a novel dimethyl ether (DME) production route via captured CO₂ hydrogenation within a power to liquid context. Mass and energy balances were solved and integrated by means of simulations using Aspen Plus V10 and Matlab R2017b software. Based on a plant that …