All over the world researchers are investigating solar cells which imitate plant photosynthesis, using sunlight and water to
create synthetic fuels such as hydrogen.
Not exact matches
And
Synthetic Genomics, the company he founded in 2005, aims to
create fuel - producing microbes, including algae biofuels in a $ 300 million agreement with ExxonMobil.
Evans will discuss how federal investments in
synthetic biology fields are
creating new markets and applications that are
fueling the bioeconomy.
If the researchers succeed in
creating their
synthetic bacteria, they will be closer to conceiving artificial creatures that could be used to mitigate some of society's greatest problems, among them climate change and overdependence on fossil
fuels.
This would entail using concentrating solar power generated from Australia's Outback to
create synthetic energy
fuels shipped to North Asia by tanker or pipeline.