Project description
Bringing liquid solar fuels closer to commercialisation
While the concept of using solar energy to drive chemical reactions that make fuels has been around for decades, the technology still has some way to go before it can be cost-efficient and scalable for industrial applications. The EU-funded Sun-To-X project will firstly use solar energy and ambient humidity to produce hydrogen. Then, using concentrated solar energy, the hydrogen will be reacted to form a non-toxic, energy-dense liquid fuel called Hydrosil for direct use in the transport and energy sectors, with water as the only emission. Its breakthrough innovation has the potential to remove many barriers hindering the deployment of zero emission liquid fuels.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsliquid fuels
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energysolar energy
- natural scienceschemical sciencesphysical chemistrythermochemistry
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
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Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
1140 Brussel
Belgium
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Participants (8)
75015 Paris 15
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3526 KV Utrecht
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1015 Lausanne
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14109 Berlin
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92400 Courbevoie
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13100 Aix-en-provence
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
75011 Paris
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
01742 Concord
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.