Pioneering Tech Turns Sunlight And CO2 Into Renewable Fuel

University of Cambridge researchers have developed a solar-powered technology that converts carbon dioxide and water into liquid fuels that can be added directly to a car’s engine as drop-in fuel. The researchers report on the new technology in Nature Energy. The researchers harnessed the power of photosynthesis to convert CO2, water and sunlight into multicarbon fuels – ethanol and propanol – in a single step.

These fuels have a high energy density and can be easily stored or transported. Unlike fossil fuels, these solar fuels…