NEWS

Swiss Air Lines, the subsidiary of Lufthansa, plans to become the world’s first airline to use solar fuel

WHAT IS SOLAR FUEL

• Technology has been developed for producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from renewable energy sources by Synhelion, a spinoff from the Swiss Institute of Technology in Switzerland
• Syngas (synthesis gas) is produced by concentrated solar heat, which can then be converted into kerosene
• When the solar fuel is combusted, it will only produce as much carbon dioxide as it went into making it, helping to reduce aviation emissions