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Water, CO2 Converted Into Fuel Sources With New Machine By John Nassivera | Nov 19, 2014 01:48 PM ESTGermany cleantech company Sunfire GmbH may have found a future replacement for fossil fuels, having developed a rig that can transform water into a synthetic fuel source. (Photo : Creative Commons) Germany cleantech company Sunfire GmbH may have found a future replacement for fossil fuels, having developed a rig that can transform water into a synthetic fuel source. The rig accomplishes this through "Power-to-liquid" technology, which converts water and carbon dioxide (CO2) into liquid hydrocarbons to be used as synthetic petroleum, kerosene and...

Natural gas turned into usable fuels with cleaner, cheaper new method U.S. scientists discover less complex way of converting gas into liquid products Thomson Reuters Posted: Mar 14, 2014 10:36 AM ET Last Updated: Mar 14, 2014 10:36 AM ET 'The U.S. has a glut of natural gas, and there are not that many ways to efficiently use it, said Brigham Young University's Daniel Ess, one of the scientists involved in the research. (Sue Ogrocki/Associated Press)     Facebook   8     Twitter   0     Reddit         Share   8     Email...

[...] "We tested the crap out of the B-52 engines before we flew it," explains Jeff Braun, director of the Alternative Fuels Certification Office. "We did component tests on the engines, ground tests, engine install ground tests and then single-engine flight tests. We then stair-stepped from one, to four, to all engines, which provided a component of risk mitigation." The testing process has trickled across the entire Air Force fleet, with future efforts encompassing UAVs, helicopters, ground-support equipment and each variant of the F-35 Lightning II. "We're really just trying to establish a market," insists Betty Rodriguez, subsystems technical advisor...

China will invest more than one trillion yuan (US$128 billion) to develop alternative coal-based synthetic fuels to ease the country’s dependence on oil imports, according to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). The project aims to produce 30 million tons of liquefied coal and 20 million tons of dimethyl ether (DME) by 2020. Coal-to-olefin (CTO) output is expected to hit 8 million tons and coal methanol to reach 66 million tons. The money will also be spent on building seven industrial bases nationwide to produce coal-based energy source on a massive scale, including the biggest alternative fuel production base...

...While the president spent much of last week promoting energy alternatives of the future, like hybrid cars and fuels made from wood chips, the governor of Montana, Brian Schweitzer, says there's something we can have up and running in the next five years. What he has in mind is using the coal, billions of tons of it, under the high plains of his home state. The governor tells correspondent Lesley Stahl he wants to use an existing process to turn that coal into a synthetic liquid fuel, or synfuel...... "We can produce this fuel for about $1 a gallon. We...

India, China and the United States are among very few countries in the world which can easily attain energy independence by substituting synthetic fuel obtained from petroleum with coal, an expert has said. India, the US and China are rich in coal deposits and can easily attain energy independence by producing synthetic fuel or Synfuel from coal, Governor of Montana and soil scientist Brian Schweitzer said in an article in The New York Times. Observing that Synfuel production will give energy independence in the purest sense as it will be free from wild market fluctuation of fuel prices, Schweitzer said...

According to the German news magazine “Stern”, Volkswagen (VW) CEO Bernd Pischetsrieder thinks the fuel cell is no alternative for today’s internal combustion engine. “Instead we should concentrate on developing new synthetic fuels, which exhausts don’t need any catalyst or scoot filter”, so Pischetsrieder. Currently, VW is involved in research activities to develop these new fuels, which could be a substitute for diesel and normal petrol. Theoretically the new “Synfuel” could be on the market by next year, if costs are coming down and government taxation is right. VW has developed a special car with very low fuel consumption which...