The Future Is Bright for Turning Sunlight Into Sustainable Jet Fuel

The aviation sector has charted a course to decarbonize itself – and investors see opportunity. According to BNEF, startups with a focus on low-carbon aviation technology raised $4.6 billion in 2022, and another $1.21 billion was added to that tally in the first half of 2023. Among venture capital and private equity investments, sustainable aviation …

Game-changing Sun-to-Liquid: Fuels from Concentrated Solar Power launches II

This initiative will demonstrate the scalability and high efficiency of producing sustainable synthetic fuel from CO2, water, and sunlight. Synhelion is one of the industry partners for the project, providing the expertise for scaling up the prototype, developing the thermal energy storage system, and performing the exploitation analysis. Sun-to-Liquid was a game-changing project that jumpstarted …

3D-printed ceria is a game-changer to increase solar fuel efficiency

3D-printed ceria was one of the many brilliant ideas presented by international solar researchers at this year’s SolarPACES Conference in Sydney. In solar reactors for making solar fuels at high temperatures, ceria’s behavior when heated makes it state-of-the-art for unlocking the thermochemistry involved. (How solar fuels are made). But its structure lacks “intelligent design.” So …

New Innovations in Concentrated Solar Power for Solar Fuel Production

Concentrating solar power (CSP) is emerging as a promising technology in the solar fuels field, offering a potential solution to produce fuel without relying on fossil energy. Unlike conventional solar panels, concentrating systems are larger and more complex, but they can deliver high heat for fuel production. Researchers are exploring various methods to make CSP …