Press Release: From sunlight to jet fuel: EU project makes first ‘solar’ kerosene

An EU-funded research project called SOLAR-JET produced the world's first "solar" jet fuel from water and carbon dioxide (CO2).

Researchers have for the first time successfully demonstrated the entire production chain for renewable kerosene, using concentrated light as a high-temperature energy source. The project is still at the experimental stage, with a glassful of jet fuel produced in laboratory conditions, using simulated sunlight. However, the results give hope that in future any liquid hydrocarbon fuels could be produced from sunlight, CO2 and water.

Solar-Jet: Zero-carbon jet fuel from sunlight http://www.solar-jet.aero/

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