EU-funded research project aims to produce solar kerosene [SIZE=10pt]29.04.2014: A research project funded by the EU is attempting to develop a jet fuel based on simulated sunlight. The project, named Solar-Jet, is currently at the experimental stage and has so far only produced a glassful of jet fuel under laboratory conditions. The scientists from Swiss research institute ETH Zürich have been able to convert water and carbon dioxide to synthesis gas (Syngas) in a high-temperature solar reactor. The Syngas was then converted into kerosene by the world’s largest oil company, Shell, using the Fischer-Tropsch process. The Solar-Jet project was launched in 2011 and has received €2 million ($2.7 million) from the EU. European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science Máire Geoghegan-Quinn said: »This technology means we might one day produce cleaner and plentiful fuel for planes, cars and other forms of transport. This could greatly increase energy security and turn one of the main greenhouse gases responsible for global warming into a useful resource.« © PHOTON[/SIZE]
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