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All-in-one solar-powered tower makes carbon-neutral kerosene in the field at pilot-scale

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Researchers in Europe led by a team from ETH Zurich have designed a fuel production system that uses water, CO 2 , and sunlight to produce aviation fuel. We are the first to demonstrate the entire thermochemical process chain from water and CO 2 to kerosene in a fully-integrated solar tower system. Zoller et al.

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Solar-to-Jet-Fuel System Readies for Take-Off

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As climate change edges from crisis to emergency, the aviation sector looks set to miss its 2050 goal of net-zero emissions. A glimmer of hope, however, comes from solar fuels. Using concentrated solar energy, they were able to produce kerosene from water vapor and carbon dioxide directly from air.

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Researchers convert atmospheric CO2 to carbon nanofibers and nanotubes for use as anodes in Li-ion and Na-ion batteries

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The conversion process builds upon the solar thermal electro-chemical process (STEP) introduced by GWU Professor Stuart Licht and his colleagues in 2009. In short, STEP uses solar thermal energy to increase the system temperature to decrease electrolysis potentials. Earlier post.) —Licht et al.

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GWU Researcher Developing Efficient Solar Chemical Process for Generation of Energetic Molecules and Conversion of CO2

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Stuart Licht ( earlier post ) at George Washington University is developing a solar-driven process that, he says, could efficiently replace current industrial processes for the production of certain energetic molecules such as hydrogen, metals and chlorine, which are responsible for a large component of anthropogenic CO 2. Licht, 2009.

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Stanford GCEP awards $6.6M to 7 projects; focus on combining energy conversion with carbon-neutral fuel production

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Stanford’s Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) is awarding $6.6 million to seven research teams—six from Stanford and one from Carnegie Mellon University—to advance research on technologies for renewable energy conversion to electricity or fuels and for capturing CO 2 emissions and converting CO 2 to fuels.

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Member of Swiss National Councils fills up with sunfire solar diesel to call attention to need for regulatory reform

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CO 2 + water + renewable energy → e-diesel. Böhni emphasized that the production of climate-neutral fuel is key to climate protection and therefore needs to be given a fair chance; he established the Clean Fuel Now initiative at the Federal Parliament in Bern in late 2014. Earlier post.). Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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GWU research team C2CNT advances to the final round of the Carbon XPRIZE; CO2 to carbon nanotubes

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In addition to developing economically viable products that utilize CO 2 emissions from power plants, the XPRIZE contest aims to scale up these technologies to a point that can truly impact climate change. There is building consensus that unchecked climate change can lead to a planetary extinction event. Stuart Licht.

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