An advanced solar-powered tower has created the first carbon-neutral jet fuel.
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First Carbon Neutral Jet Fuel Generated by Solar-Powered Tower! Here's How It Can Help the Airline Industry
For the past few years, commercial airplanes and defense aircraft have relied on kerosene, leading to massive amounts of carbon emissions.
Because of this, various independent researchers and startups make their own efforts to produce new types of eco-friendly jet fuel.
Now, it seems like this has been achieved after ETH Zurich experts successfully created the world's first carbon-neutral jet fuel.
First Carbon Neutral Jet Fuel Generated by Solar-Powered Tower!
According to Independent UK's latest report, the new carbon-neutral jet fuel was generated using a solar-reliant fuel production system developed by ETH Zurich, a Switzerland-based public research university.
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An American Airlines jet is seen in the air preparing to land September 3, 2004 at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport in Rosemont, Illinois. American Airlines announced December 10, 2004 that they will be raising domestic airfares $10 for round-trip and $5 for one-way trips due to jet fuel expense.
"We are the first to demonstrate the entire thermochemical process chain from water and CO2 to kerosene in a fully-integrated solar tower system," said ETH Zurich Professor Aldo Steinfeld.
He added that their new solar tech revealed that it is really possible to produce synthetic kerosene from CO2 and water, showing that these fuels can be acquired without digging up fossil fuels.
The new solar-powered system of ETH Zurich is a part of the European Union's SUN-to-LIQUID project, a program that aims to find synthetic alternatives to fossil fuels.
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Will It Be Used for Airline Industry?
As of writing, experts behind the new solar tech that produced the first carbon-neutral jet fuel are still conducting more tests.
But, they showed interest in offering their innovation to the aviation industry.
Once the eco-friendly fuel is used for commercial planes and defense aircraft, then carbon emissions produced by the airline industry will be drastically reduced.
Air Transport Action Group reported that the aviation industry covers around 2.1% of the overall human-induced carbon emissions.
On the other hand, roughly 12% of transport-induced carbon emissions are covered by the airline sector.
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