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 - May 3, 2021, 8:20 AM Airbus has firmly committed to a hydrogen-powered future and is now advancing three different concepts for new airliners that could enter service from around 2035. (Image: Airbus) While much of the discussion about how to reduce aviation’s carbon footprint has focused on the availability of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and when and how electric aircraft may be unshackled from the limits of battery technology, hydrogen has been quietly moving up the future propulsion agenda. However, hydrogen has been gaining momentum for some time in other sectors of transportat...

Date Time UT Hydrogen Startup Celadyne Receives Investment from Shell Ventures AUSTIN, Texas – Celadyne Technologies, a University of Texas at Austin spinout that makes materials to improve hydrogen fuel cells and electrolyzers, has received an investment from Shell Ventures. The startup aims to make fuel cells and electrolyzers more viable to power everything from long-haul trucks and drones to large-scale industrial processes. The company created a membrane that can operate at higher temperatures than traditional membranes and does not rely on high humidity, speeding up the key chemical r...

ZeroAvia’s hydrogen fuel cell plane ambitions clouded by technical challenges Aspirations remain sky high When ZeroAvia’s six-seater aircraft completed an eight-minute flight from Cranfield Airfield in the U.K. last September, the company claimed a “major breakthrough” with the first-ever hydrogen fuel cell flight of a commercial-size aircraft. The modified Piper Malibu propeller plane was now the largest hydrogen-powered aircraft in the world, wrote the company. “While some experimental aircraft have flown using hydrogen fuel cells, the size of this aircraft shows that paying passe...

In California, propelling their mission towards delivering airlines zero-carbon, hydrogen-fueled flight, ZeroAvia is launching the development program for a 2MW hydrogen-electric powertrain for full-size regional aircraft. The program kick-off is supported by a new raise of $24.3 million, led by Horizons Ventures, joined by a new investor British Airways. Existing investors Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Ecosystem Integrity Fund, Summa Equity, Shell Ventures, and SYSTEMIQ also participated in the financing. This new round accelerates the larger hydrogen-electric engine development for the 50+ ...

Hydrogen-electric powered aircraft firm backed by Bill Gates moves to Gloucestershire Backed by Bill Gates, millions of pounds of government money, and GFirst LEP, a firm developing the world’s first commercial zero-carbon passenger plane is moving to the Cotswolds and creating jobs. ZeroAvia, due to touch down in Gloucestershire to develop the world’s first market-ready 19-seat hydrogen-electric powered aircraft. ZeroAvia, which has won £12 million of government funding to develop its ‘world’s leading’ innovations, has announced it is to open a major facility at Cotswold Airport a...