Solar Jet Fuel Has Been Created For The First Time

Solar Jet Fuel Has Been Created For The First Time

Maybe we won’t suck up all of Earth’s resources and destroy our planet just yet. Scientists say that they have created solar jet fuel using just sunlight, water and carbon dioxide for the very first time. That’s basically creating fuel from thin air.

It’s a damn impressive feat and puts us closer to the dream of creating renewable energy for our Earth-sucking moving boxes known as planes, cars and other transportation vehicles. European scientists have done this by using simulated, concentrated sunlight at a temperature of over 700°C to convert and separate water and carbon dioxide into a synthetic gas made of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. That synthetic gas can be turned into kerosene.

The scientists, who’ve been working at this for four years under the SOLAR-JET project, have only made a jar of the solar jet fuel so far but they imagine a future where 20,000L of jet fuel could be made per day from a full-scale version.

If they’re able to do that, cars, planes, and other vehicles will have much cleaner and endless amounts of fuel.

Solar Jet Fuel Has Been Created For The First Time

Solar Jet Fuel Has Been Created For The First Time


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