This new factory will turn CO2 into sustainable jet fuel. Startup Twelve broke ground on a commercial-scale facility in Washington state, which it says will be the first in the country to make sust…::undefined

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    To start, the company procures ​“waste” CO2 from industrial facilities. Twelve has developed its own electrochemical reactor to split carbon dioxide molecules into carbon monoxide using electricity. Engineers then use a separate electrolyzer to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen. The resulting mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen is known as ​“syngas.”

    Finally, the team deploys a multistep reaction called the Fischer-Tropsch process to convert the gas into a liquid — one that’s chemically identical to jet fuel made from petroleum.