JetPack Aviation is preparing to run its Speeder VTOL aircraft and “personal turbine” JetPacks with a new zero net carbon fuel. The company is partnering with Prometheus Fuels to tap its Titan Fuel Forge technology, which aims to “make fuel from air” by reclaiming atmospheric carbon through a proprietary process that strips carbon dioxide (CO2) molecules from the air and “energizes” them into hydrocarbons that can be made into any type of fuel.
The challenge with the “fuel from air” process is to be able to produce hydrocarbons at a scale that makes this approach economically viable. Prometheus Fuels believes it has met that challenge and says it expects to be selling regulator-approved gasoline for ground vehicles later this year in California, where both it and JetPack Aviation are based. The company says that it will be able to start supplying aviation fuel in 2022.
