{"id":26352,"date":"2022-10-18T10:08:37","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T09:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=26352"},"modified":"2022-10-18T10:08:37","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T09:08:37","slug":"decarbonising-shipping-industry-crude-sugar-oil-e-fuels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/decarbonising-shipping-industry-crude-sugar-oil-e-fuels\/26352\/","title":{"rendered":"Vertoro plan to decarbonise the shipping industry with crude sugar oil e-fuels"},"content":{"rendered":"
Direct air capture (DAC) of CO2<\/sub> to produce so-called e-fuels is frequently touted these days as a breakthrough technology that could play a large role in decarbonising the transport sector. It may therefore come as a surprise to learn that DAC of CO2<\/sub> to sugars, achieved by means of photosynthesis, is over three billion years old. This arguably makes sugars, notably glucose, the most ancient of e-fuels, given that nearly all flora and fauna \u2013 past, present, and future \u2013 convert(ed) glucose through cellular respiration (i.e., oxidation) into chemical energy and heat.<\/p>\n