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Towards Scale Solar
Conversion of CO2 and Water Vapor to Hydrocarbon Fuels |
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The Pennsylvania State University (University Park, PA) and partner Sentech
Corporation will develop catalyst-coated titanium dioxide nanotube membranes to use
sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water to methane and other hydrocarbon fuels.
This innovative approach to direct solar fuels captures sunlight and uses CO2 as a
carbon source to generate fuels for heating and transportation.
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Affordable
Energy from Water and Sunlight
Sun Catalytix Corporation (Cambridge, MA) willl develop a unique technology to split
water into hydrogen and oxygen under benign conditions to enable storage of
intermittent renewable solar and wind energy for around-the-clock use.
The technology could be very useful for developing reliable off-grid, distributed
energy systems for remote camps, military operations and the developing world and
provides a critical water oxidation platform technology for emerging direct solar
fuels technologies.
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Shewanella
as an Ideal Platform for Producing Hydrocarbon Biofuels
The University of Minnesota (St. Paul, MN) and BioCee, Inc. will develop an
innovative artificial symbiotic colony of a photosynthetic bacterium with Shewanella,
a hydrocarbon producing bacteria, to convert carbon dioxide to transportation
fuels using sunlight. The technology is feedstock-flexible system for the direct
utilization of sunlight and carbon dioxide for liquid fuel production. The R&D seeks
to be a major contributor to future-generation direct-solar fuel technologies.
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Cyanobacteria
Designed for Solar-Powered Highly Efficient Production of Biofuelss
Arizona State University scientists (Tempe, AZ) will develop engineered-cyanobacteria
as biocatalysts to use solar energy and carbon dioxide to produce and secret fatty acids
for biofuel feedstock. The technology could significantly reduce the cost of biofuel-feedstock
production by replacing biomass with a continuous microbial production system.
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Genetically Tractable Microalgal Platform for Advanced Biofuel Production
Iowa State University (Ames, IA) will use metabolic engineering and synthetic
biology to enhance the production of lipids and increase carbon dioxide assimilation
and thermal tolerance within algae for the production of biofuels directly from sunlight
and CO2. The technology will make microalgae-based biofuel production a truly
viable, sustainable and versatile option for fulfilling the needs for renewable
alternatives to fossil fuel-based fuels.
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