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swissinfo – ‘Green’ aviation fuel aims to power planes by 2030

When you burn a hydrocarbon, with oxygen, you have a release of energy and products from combustion that are CO2 and water vapour. Conceptually, this process can be reversed.

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RTS – Les carburants solaires entrent dans le radar des compagnies aériennes pour décarboner l'aviation

Le groupe Lufthansa vient de conclure un partenariat avec le développeur suisse de carburants solaires Synhelion. La spin-off suisse produira un carburant qui émet 50% de moins de CO2 dès 2022 et prévoit de commercialiser un carburant 100% renouvelable en 2030.

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RSI – Carburante verde di una spinoff

In questo periodo difficile, il settore dell’aviazione si trova sotto pressioni sempre più forti anche per ridurre il proprio impatto sul clima.

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SolarPACES – How much land would solar thermochemistry need to make all our aviation fuel?

The latest figures for aviation fuel use per year show that the world used 300 megatons of jet fuel annually in 2019, manufacturing them from fossil fuels. But a carbon-constrained future requires us to envision a world that can produce that much aviation fuel for commercial aircraft, but without carbon emissions.

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SolarPACES – At Synhelion, solar jet fuels get ready for take-off

A Swiss startup is working on commercializing two routes to solar jet fuel with the help of Italy’s Eni, the 10th-largest oil company in the world. Synhelion plans to market aviation fuel in two stages.

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Aeropolitics – Schweizer Innovationen der ETH als Hoffnungsträger für effektive CO2-Reduktion

Mit Synhelion und Climeworks gehören zwei Schweizer Unternehmen zu den weltweiten Pionieren in der Forschung und Herstellung von alternativem Treibstoff mittels CO2-Synthese.

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3Sat nano – CO2-neutrales Benzin

Philipp Furler nutzt die Kraft der Sonne. Er arbeitet an der Herstellung von CO2-neutralem Benzin. Aus Luft und konzentriertem Sonnenlicht produziert er CO2-neutrale Kraftstoffe.

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NZZ – Fliegen muss sauber werden

Wenn die Klimaabgabe auf Flugtickets schon eingeführt wird, sollte man damit CO2-neutrales Fliegen fördern und nicht beliebige Subventionstöpfe füllen. Die Schweiz könnte etwas bewirken.

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