Zero Petroleum touts hydrogen-based jet fuel made from air and water

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Company claims it has developed and validated the chemistry for a 100 per cent replica of Jet A-1 made using carbon dioxide and green hydrogen

Clean fuel company Zero Petroleum has claimed it has cracked the formula to develop sustainable jet fuel to power some of the world's largest military and commercial aircraft using just air and water as...

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