Sentences with phrase «synthetic hydrocarbon fuels»

The basic idea is very straightforward: place very large solar arrays into continuously and intensely sunlit Earth orbit (1,366 watts / meter squared), collect gigawatts of electrical energy, electromagnetically beam it to Earth, and receive it on the surface for use either as base load power via direct connection to the existing electrical grid, conversion into manufactured synthetic hydrocarbon fuels, or as low ‐ intensity broadcast power beamed directly to consumers.»

Companies that rely on producing biofuels and / or synthetic hydrocarbon fuels as a pathway to carbon removal will face increasing economic challenges with low oil prices.

Not exact matches

(One zero - carbon possibility is «synthetic gas,» which uses electricity to split hydrogen from water and then mixes it with carbon dioxide to form substitute hydrocarbon fuels.

Not biodiesel, conventional diesel fuel: The plant will have a capacity of more than 10,000 gallons per year and will, using synthetic biology, reengineer microbes so that yeast can ferment sugar to produce hydrocarbons instead of ethanol.