Alan Ohnsman (right) of Bloomberg News reports that Chemistry Professor Nate Lewis (below) from the California Institute of Technology is leading an effort, also involving Stanford, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Universities of California at Berkeley, Irvine and San Diego, of a $122 million effort funded by the U.S. Department of Energy to:
- Produce solar hydrogen and power fuel cell cars.
- Blend the hydrogen with carbon dioxide from the air (just like a plant) to make liquid fuels for the full range of vehicles.
The team will develop and demonstrate a manufacturable solar-fuels generator, taking sunlight, water and carbon dioxide, and at ten times the efficiency of nature, produce automotive fuels. Here is a film clip of Lewis explaining what the Joint Centers for Artificial Photosynthesis will do.
The Airbus 380 and Boeing 747-8 did not suddenly appear. This solar fuels initiative is likened to attempts by the Wright Brothers, who 110 years ago took first flight. Hopefully, these clean fuels will take less than a century to commercialize.
This is the mega version of the Lehigh experiment posted here on 23August2013. That was only a $2 million laboratory program sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
Not worth doing any research, but Biofuel Energy Corp jumped 17% to $4.01. However, this is an ethanol company, so I don't see much hope. About a year ago this company leaped from $3 to $10, and has steadily dropped since then...until today.
Not worth doing any research, but Biofuel Energy Corp jumped 17% to $4.01. However, this is an ethanol company, so I don't see much hope. About a year ago this company leaped from $3 to $10, and has steadily dropped since then...until today.
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