Made in the Sonoran Desert

Arizona sun,
bottled.

We use Arizona sunshine to make clean fuel from air for cars, trucks, aircraft and race cars, from NASCAR to Formula 1. Solar arrays and storage batteries power the plants. We're also piloting desalination for the water and building terra preta soils for Arizona farms.

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~300sunny days a year in the Phoenix area

5programs: solar, storage, fuel, water, soil

24/7power from panels plus storage

Drop-infuel for road, runway and racetrack

What we do

Make it. Store it. Fuel it.

Each system works on its own. Together they run the whole chain, from sunlight on a panel to fuel in a tank.

01 · Make

Solar

Commercial rooftops, carports, ground-mount arrays and off-grid systems, sized for Arizona heat and monsoon wind.

Commercial and industrial rooftops
Shade-structure carports and canopies
Ranch, well-pump and off-grid arrays

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02 · Store

Battery

Battery storage that moves midday solar into the evening peak and keeps critical loads running through outages.

Evening peak shaving and demand-charge control
Backup for critical loads
Thermal management for desert conditions

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03 · Convert

Fuel From Air

Modular units that turn surplus solar power, water and carbon dioxide from the air into synthetic gasoline, diesel or jet fuel.

Drop-in fuel with no engine changes
Stores energy for months, not hours
Fuel made on site, off the supply chain

How it works →

Road, air & race

Fuel for everything that moves

Cars and trucks, aeroplanes, NASCAR and Formula 1.

Explore → Water & soil

Greening the desert

Pilot solar desalination and low-cost terra preta soils for Arizona farms.

Explore →

Why Arizona

The best place in America to make fuel from sunlight

Fuel from air comes down to the cost of electricity. Arizona has more sunshine than almost anywhere in the country, which makes that electricity cheap.

World-class sun
High solar irradiance and clear skies most of the year mean more kilowatt-hours from every panel.
Midday surplus
Solar across the Southwest regularly outruns midday demand. We turn those excess hours into stored energy.
Long distances
Remote ranches, mines and communities pay a premium for trucked-in fuel. Making it locally saves that cost.
Heat-hardened engineering
Equipment is specified, cooled and maintained for 115°F summers, dust and monsoon season.

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Solar & storage

Power the site. Carry it past sunset.

Solar and batteries on their own cut energy bills. They also power everything else we build: fuel from air, desalination and soil production.

Make

Solar

Arrays designed for Arizona sun, heat, dust and monsoon wind, sized to power the site and, where it pays, a fuel-from-air or desalination unit as well.

Commercial rooftops: Warehouses, hangars, workshops and depots.
Carports & shade structures: Power generation plus shade over parking lots, pit lanes and fleet yards.
Ground-mount arrays: Fixed-tilt or single-axis tracking on open land.
Off-grid & agricultural: Well pumps, ranch buildings, remote telemetry and camp power.

Store

Battery storage

Batteries turn midday sunshine into power for the evening peak and keep critical equipment running when the grid goes down.

Peak shaving: Moves solar output into the high-price evening hours and cuts demand charges.
Backup & resilience: Critical loads stay on through outages and monsoon storms.
EV & equipment charging: Charges fleet vehicles, ground support and race equipment from stored solar.
Plant balancing: Smooths power to electrolysers and desalination units as clouds pass.

Sun to tank

One Arizona day, three jobs

Solar output peaks at midday, but demand peaks in the evening. Batteries cover the gap for hours. Whatever the batteries can't hold goes into fuel, which can sit in a tank for months.

Drag the slider to follow a summer day. The curves are an illustrative profile, not site data.

Solar outputSite demandSurplus

Time1:00 PM

Solar—

Battery—

Fuel from air—

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Fuel from air

From thin air to a full tank

Fuel from air runs the refinery in reverse. Burning fuel releases CO₂ and water, and this process takes both back and adds sunlight to rebuild the fuel. It runs in four steps, all powered by solar.

Capture

Fans draw desert air across a sorbent that grabs carbon dioxide. Heat from the process releases it as a concentrated stream.

air → CO₂

Split

A solar-powered electrolyser splits water into hydrogen and oxygen. The oxygen is vented clean.

2H₂O → 2H₂ + O₂

Synthesize

CO₂ and hydrogen react over a catalyst to form hydrocarbon chains, the same molecules found in pump fuel.

CO₂ + H₂ → CₙHₘ

Fuel up

The product is refined and blended to spec as drop-in gasoline, diesel, jet fuel or high-performance race fuel.

→ gasoline · diesel · jet · race

Water-wise by design. In Arizona, water is the first question. Our electrolysers are specified for reclaimed water or water from our pilot desalination plants, never fresh groundwater that farms and towns depend on. The water released when the fuel burns goes back to the atmosphere, closing the same cycle as the carbon.

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Road, air & race

Fuel for everything that moves

Synthetic fuel from air uses the same kinds of molecules as fossil fuel, so it goes into today's engines, pumps and aircraft without changes. Motorsport is already moving that way. Formula 1's 2026 power units run on 100% sustainable fuel.

Motor vehicles

Cars, trucks & fleets

Drop-in gasoline and diesel for fleets and depots. Solar carports and batteries charge the EVs, and our fuel runs the trucks that stay on combustion.

FUELSOLARBATTERY

Aviation

Aeroplanes & airfields

Synthetic jet fuel (e-SAF) for commercial and general aviation, plus solar ground power for hangars and UAV operations.

FUELBATTERY

NASCAR

Stock car racing

Race-grade synthetic blends for oval and short-track racing, made in the same desert as Phoenix Raceway, with solar-charged paddock and pit equipment.

RACE FUELSOLAR

Formula 1

Open-wheel & high performance

High-octane e-fuel development aimed at the 100% sustainable fuel standard now used in top-level open-wheel racing.

RACE FUELBATTERY

Agriculture

Ranches & farms

Solar well pumps, stored power for irrigation schedules, on-site diesel for tractors, and terra preta soil made from farm waste.

SOLARBATTERYFUEL

Remote & resilience

Mines, off-grid & backup

Sites that truck in diesel today can make fuel and power where the work is. Batteries cover the first hours of an outage, and stored fuel covers the days after.

SOLARBATTERYFUEL

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Water & soil

Greening the desert, not just the tank

A fuel plant in Arizona has to give back more than it takes. Two pilot programs put the same solar power to work on the state's water and farmland.

Pilot program

Solar desalination

We're looking at pilot plants that use daytime solar and battery storage to desalinate brackish groundwater, the salty water under much of Arizona that nobody can drink or farm with.

Clean feedwater for fuel-from-air electrolysers
Surplus water for agriculture and local use
Runs on midday solar surplus, with batteries smoothing the load
Brine handling studied as part of every pilot

Pilot program

Terra preta soils

Terra preta is the "black earth" of the Amazon, built up over centuries from charcoal and organic matter. We're making a low-cost version for desert farms by turning crop and forestry waste into biochar and blending it with compost.

Biochar from farm waste, pecan shells and forest thinnings
Holds water and nutrients in thin desert soils
Locks carbon in the ground for the long term
Heat from the process can serve the fuel plant

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Fleet, airfield, race team or farm, tell us about your site. We'll recommend the right mix of solar, storage, fuel, water and soil, and show you the numbers.

info@arizonafuels.com

Based in

Scottsdale, Arizona