Eco Fuel & Eco Vehicles

Gaining a better understanding of how tough fibres and complex sugars can be converted into biofuels and industrial products could mean taking an important step towards developing smarter materials and petroleum-free fuels. Making use of the chemical properties stored in plants, however, is no easy feat because whenever we eat vegetables the microbes in our bodies carry out elaborate chemical reactions to convert plant matter into...

A large part of global CO2 emissions is caused by energy production in power plants, as well as processes in heat-intensive industries. Fossil fuels are a convenient, and for the most part, readily-available source of energy for these kinds of applications; however, energy production from fossil fuels will not be able to satisfy our increasing energy demands in the long run. Renewable energy generated by the sun or wind, on the other...

Catalysts are at the heart of many chemical reactions involving carbon dioxide. These catalysts often initiate a process known as chemical reduction that forms either carbon monoxide or formic acid (HCO2H) and can be used to produce fuel. The only problem is that they often lack the activity and selectivity to make suitable fuels, such as methanol, ethanol or methane. Now (2020), scientists at the Argonne National Laboratory, in...

Tesla designs, develops, manufactures, and sells high-performance fully electric vehicles, solar energy generation, and energy storage products. The company also installs and maintains such energy systems and sells solar electricity. Tesla has two operating segments: automotive and energy generation & storage. Tesla is the world’s first vertically integrated sustainable energy company to offer end-to-end clean energy products,...

Scientists have been searching for years to find materials which do not need precious metals to produce active and stable reactions in order to discover alternatives to fossil fuel in energy production. The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a vital part of many of these reactions where water is split in electrolysers to produce hydrogen that can power fuel cells. Now (2020), scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne...

Great quantities of hydrocarbon fuels will be needed for the foreseeable future, even if electricity-based energy carriers begin to partially replace liquid hydrocarbons in the transportation sector. Fossil fuels and biomass are the most common feedstocks for production of hydrocarbon fuels. However, if you use renewable energy, carbon dioxide and water can be recycled into sustainable hydrocarbon fuels in non-biological processes...

Greenhouse gases are one of the main contributors to climate change. They have increased in concentration over the last century and are a very common air pollutant. To reduce environmental pollution scientists have come up with numerous ideas for reducing greenhouse gases in our environment. Some proposed using lab-grown minerals which suck carbon dioxide out of the air while others favour reactors which are capable of transforming CO2...

Today, many research organisations are investigating new methods to achieve a clean transition from fossil energy to renewable fuels. The ETH Zurich and the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt; DLR) have discovered a thermochemical pathway to produce liquid fuel by means of concentrated solar energy. The SUN-to-LIQUID project, which is funded by the EU and Switzerland, has succeeded in synthesising solar...

Tesla, INC. was incorporated in the State of Delaware in 2003. The company designs, develops, manufactures and sells high-performance fully electric vehicles, solar energy generation and energy storage products, and also installs and maintains such energy systems and sells solar electricity. Tesla has two operating segments: automotive and energy generation & storage. The energy product portfolio includes rechargeable lithium-ion...