US scientists take method of producing C2 using carbon dioxide and sunlight one step further

摘要

"We envision some farms that cover many acres. We will have cyanobacteria harvesting sunlight and CO2 and then produce ethylene or ethylene derivatives." That is the next vision of Jianping Yu. for C2 production. The. researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL, Golden, Colorado / USA; www.nrel.gov) has already shown on a laboratory scale that a certain type of cyanobacteria can be genetically modified to sustainably produce ethylene. The key to the process is the direct use of photosynthesis.