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Boeing Files Patent for Liquid Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft While Airbus is finalising its ZEROe project, its American rival Boeing is also investing in hydrogen technologies—specifically fuel cells and liquid hydrogen. Here’s…
Luxaviation Joins Haffner Energy to Promote SAFs At the Paris Air Show, private jet operator Luxaviation announced its intention to join the SAF Zero initiative launched by Haffner Energy. In practical terms,…
ZeroAvia Turns to Liquid Hydrogen At the Paris Air Show, start-up ZeroAvia announced the launch of a new consortium backed by UK government funding to develop liquid hydrogen storage systems.…
Decarbonised Aviation: Safran’s Vision For French aerospace supplier Safran, decarbonising aviation requires a three-pronged approach: reducing fuel consumption, electrifying aircraft, and transitioning to carbon-neutral fuels. Parked just outside the Paris…
H3 Dynamics and Xsun to Develop Hydrogen-Powered Drone Two French companies, H3 Dynamics and Xsun, are joining forces to develop a next-generation drone powered by a combination of solar, electric,…
Reactions After Blue Spirit Aero's Dragonfly Preview at the 24 Hours of Le Mans Blue Spirit Aero unveiled its hydrogen-powered Dragonfly aircraft at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, marking…
Blue Spirit Aero Showcases Its Hydrogen Aircraft at the 24 Hours of Le Mans On 10 June, start-up Blue Spirit Aero, founded by Olivier Savin, unveiled its full-scale hydrogen-powered aircraft…
Hopium Relocates Its Headquarters to Lyon Following its Annual General Meeting and Board of Directors meeting held on 6 June, the clean technology company Hopium has decided to strengthen its…
France Selects Four Projects to Boost Domestic Production of SAF As part of its ambitious France 2030 investment plan, the French government has announced the four winning projects of the Carb Aero call…
Boeing’s Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft: What’s the Trajectory? At this week's Hysky conference in Marseille, Airbus’ long-time rival Boeing presented its vision for hydrogen and its derivatives. Instead of tuning in to…
Airbus Justifies Its Choice of Fuel Cells for Hydrogen-Powered Electric Aircraft Airbus is reaffirming its commitment to hydrogen aviation and confirming its choice of fuel cell technology. The company aims…
Airbus Unveils Hydrogen Aircraft Concept for 2035-2040 At the Airbus Summit, an online event focused on aviation sustainability, the aircraft manufacturer provided an update on its hydrogen strategy and introduced…
Airbus Summit 2025 to Focus on SAFs and Hydrogen This Monday and Tuesday, Airbus is hosting an online event dedicated to sustainability in aviation. The Airbus Summit 2025 will address key environmental…
Hysky: A High-Level Aerodynamic Event Two Months Before the Paris Air Show For the first time ever, Hysky will join forces with Hyports to bring together major players from the…
Beyond Aero Advances the BYA-1: A New Vision for Hydrogen Aviation Start-up Beyond Aero has revised its hydrogen-powered light jet project, the BYA-1, incorporating significant advancements validated by experts in the aerospace industry.…
NASA Supports Hybrid Aircraft Project Combining Fuel Cell and Gas Turbine The American space agency, NASA, has chosen to fund the Hy2Pass project, which proposes an innovative approach to hybridisation using hydrogen…
Airbus Delays Its Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft—but Isn't Abandoning It Hydrogen skeptics may have celebrated too soon. During the presentation of its financial results on February 20, Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury provided…
Hy24 Invests in E-Fuels in North America Through its dedicated infrastructure fund, Hy24 is investing €50 million (around $51.8 million USD) in StormFisher Hydrogen to support the development of multiple…
A 5 to 10-Year Delay for Airbus’s Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft? In a statement to AFP, Airbus management acknowledged that progress on its hydrogen-powered aircraft, initially planned for 2035, is “slower than…
Former Universal Hydrogen Employees Launch Liquid Hydrogen Storage Business According to La Tribune, three former employees of Universal Hydrogen have launched a start-up called Hydvance, offering solutions to decarbonise heavy mobility.…
Hensoldt to Deliver Integration Bench to Airbus for Hydrogen Aircraft Demonstrator Hensoldt, a longstanding partner of Airbus, will provide a functional integration bench based on its Alysa solution for the…
China Flies a Drone Powered by Liquid Hydrogen This is not a world first, as Joby Aviation conducted a flight using the same technology in the USA earlier this summer.…
Hyvolution 2025: Mobility Sector in the Spotlight From January 28 to 30, 2025, the hydrogen industry will converge at Porte de Versailles for the latest edition of the Hyvolution trade…
H3 Dynamics launches a 400 kW fuel cell approved for aerospace applications The French company H3 Dynamics has announced a major breakthrough with its latest fuel cell, which is twice…
Hydrogen-powered aircraft: Beyond Aero raises $44 million The start-up has announced a $20 million Series A funding round led by UK fund Giant Ventures and the Deep Tech 2030 fund,…
Hydrogen aircraft: Airbus prepares the ground in Japan The European aircraft manufacturer has signed a memorandum of understanding with Kawasaki Heavy Industries and an operator that manages three airports in…
SAF and hydrogen on the agenda of the Roissy Meaux Aeropole meetings At the 'Roissy Meaux Aéropôle meetings', participants of a round table took stock of SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuels). …
ZeroAvia raises 150 million dollars with the help of Airbus A round of financing led by Airbus is enabling US company ZeroAvia to move ahead with its hydrogen-powered aircraft project.…
H3 Dynamics boosts the range of Qdot's cargo drone with its aeronautical fuel cell The H3 Dynamics’s technology enables the Oxford University spin-off to extend the flight range of its…
H3 Dynamics selected to take part in European HyPoTraDe project The French fuel cell manufacturer has been selected to take part in the HyPoTraDe project, which aims to develop a…
ZeroAvia receives a $4.2 million grant from the FAA The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) gives the American start-up a little help. ZeroAvia is to receive a grant from the US…
Universal Hydrogen: the French subsidiary wants to bounce back In an interview with *L'Usine Nouvelle, the General Manager of Universal Hydrogen Europe, Pierre Farjounel, looks back at the company's bankruptcy. He…
Detroit ready to switch to hydrogen mobility Detroit, the automotive capital of the United States has published a white paper entitled Detroit's hydrogen mobility future. The city is convinced that hydrogen is…
ZeroAvia joins a coalition of three airports in Europe Last July, at the Farnborough Air Show, ZeroAvia announced a partnership with the airports of Hamburg, Rotterdam and The Hague. The…
Toyota House: a showcase for the mobility of tomorrow at the Paris Olympics Near the Eiffel Tower, the Japanese carmaker has set up a hospitality centre in relation to the…
ZeroAvia: a demo flight with KLM in 2026 using liquid hydrogen Without specifying where or the type of aircraft, the Dutch airline KLM (partner of Air France) is planning a…
Lyte Aviation Selects H3 Dynamics Battery for 40-Seat Flying Taxi A few months after being selected by Airbus to equip a demonstrator based on an A330, the French firm H3…
Evia Energy and Cranfield Aerospace Partner to Develop Hydrogen Infrastructure at Airports The agreement provides for the development of infrastructure to accommodate both future electric and hydrogen-powered aircraft, anticipating the…
Destinus Reaches Milestone by Successfully Igniting Turbo Reactor with Hydrogen Gas The Swiss start-up, which is developing a hydrogen-powered supersonic aircraft, believes it has reached a new milestone. It has…
Airbus adds London Gatwick Airport to its network of hydrogen hubs The European aircraft manufacturer has announced a partnership with London Gatwick, EasyJet and Air Products to extend its hydrogen capabilities and…
First long-distance flight for this liquid hydrogen-powered flying taxi The American company, Joby, completed a flight on 24 June over California with a liquid hydrogen version of its electric flying…
Hydrogen aircraft: Airbus wishes to open a hub in Spain With the help of Aena, Air Nostrum, Iberia, Exolum and Repsol, Airbus will be studying the creation of the first…
A more realistic blueprint for Blue Spirit Aero to bring hydrogen-powered aircraft to fruition In the wake of Universal Hydrogen's difficulties, we asked Olivier Savin, founder of Blue Spirit Aero,…
Wings clipped for bankrupt Universal Hydrogen The start-up that wanted to make a plane with liquid hydrogen modules has not succeeded to convince new investors. So it has had to…
Aviation: over 50% of flights in zero-emission mode by 2050? The Alliance for Zero-Emission Aviation (AZEA) presented its vision of electric and hydrogen-powered flights in Europe at the ILA Berlin…
Haffner Energy to produce sustainable fuels in the USA The French company has just set up a US subsidiary. Haffner Energy intends to capitalise on the favourable environment of the…
IPCEI Hy2Move: Europe approves €1.4 billion in aid from 7 countries The European Commission has approved, under EU state aid rules, Hy2Move, a fourth Important Project of Common European Interest…
Airbus takes hydrogen aircraft to a new level with supraconductivity Airbus Upnext announces a new demonstrator. The aim is to accelerate the maturity of the supraconducting technologies to be used…
Airbus talks hydrogen at VivaTech Airbus is present at VivaTech, where it is presenting a fuel cell, and will be taking part in a round-table discussion on the future of…
Airbus to turn several airports into hydrogen hubs in North America In three separate press releases, Airbus has announced agreements with the US airports of Atlanta and Houston and the…
GOLIAT: an Airbus-led project to test liquid hydrogen refuelling at three airports The project, supported by academic partners, airport operators and leading companies in the hydrogen industry, has been launched…
Airbus to equip A330 with 500 kW fuel cell from H3 Dynamics As part of its Airbus UpNext organisation, which develops the technologies for the future, Airbus has selected French-founded…
The UK's HIA alliance says hydrogen is inevitable in air transport According to the Hydrogen In Aviation alliance, HIA, which includes Airbus, Easyjet, Rolls-Royce and other partners, SAFs are merely…
€3.7 million in funds for HyLight hydrogen airships Backed by one of the co-founders of Tesla, the start-up has managed to convince investors. HyLight will be able to develop hydrogen…
ZeroAvia is preparing a global retrofit network for its hydrogen-powered aircraft While start-up ZeroAvia recently joined a hydrogen propulsion task force launched by the UK government, it has announced an agreement with…
Hydrogen aircraft: Japan joins the race Japan's economy minister has unveiled a plan to develop a next-generation aircraft by 2035. This Japanese-style Airbus will be allocated a budget of $33…
Europe: a €1 billion call for projects for alternative fuels including hydrogen Under the umbrella of the CEF* mechanism for European interconnection, a call for projects has been launched to…
Cranfield Aerospace Solutions successfully integrated its fuel cell in an aircraft Cranfield Aerospace Solutions (CAeS), a UK-based company which is developing hydrogen propulsion system technology for aircraft, has just reached a…
ZeroAvia selected by CAA to prepare for hydrogen arrival The American start-up is among the 3 companies selected by the British administration, along with Cranfield Aerospace Solutions and Exeter Airport.…
Successful ground test for Universal Hydrogen, simulating liquid hydrogen supply to a regional aircraft Universal Hydrogen, the start-up specialised in hydrogen aircraft, ran a MW powertrain on the ground using…
The first successful hydrogen-powered flight in France French, Toulouse-based start-up, Beyond Aero, announced its first successful flight of a hydrogen aircraft named Blériot, in honour of the first aviator to…
Airbus sees Singapore as a future hub for hydrogen-powered aircraft A committee involving Changi airport and the civil aviation authorities has concluded that the South Asian city-state could play a…
Aerodelft: a small liquid hydrogen aircraft by Delft University As part of Go Hydrogen in Antwerp, of which Hydrogen Today is a partner, students are presenting their Aerodelft project. It is…
Airbus welcomes competition in hydrogen-powered aircraft As it presented its results, the European aircraft manufacturer was asked about its ambitions in terms of hydrogen. And the date of 2035 was…
Airbus to prepare Sweden and Norway to receive hydrogen-powered aircraft The European aircraft manufacturer has signed a memorandum of understanding with several partners (Avinor, SAS, Swedavia and Vattenfall). The aim…
Lhyfe delves into SAF in Le Havre with a Canadian consortium At Hyvolution, the producer signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the international group SAF+ in an effort to…
A Genvia Airbus agreement on SAF Right before the Hyvolution show, the two partners announced their agreement. Genvia, a company that develops high-temperature electrolysers, will be producing low-carbon hydrogen which…
Bordeaux Airport and Elyse Energy partner up for sustainable aviation fuels The two partners will bring together their expertise from production in Lacq to refuelling in Bordeaux in order to…
At Hyvolution, the European hydrogen show, attending mobility players should cover all application fields, from bikes to lorries passing by forklift trucks and even rockets. Key players in the automobile…
Airbus steps forward on hydrogen aircraft While the aerospace pioneer prepares to open a new ZEROe center in Germany specialised in composites for future liquid-hydrogen tanks, technical officer at Airbus…
ZeroAvia partners with Verne to look into cryo-compressed hydrogen in aviation The start-up specialised in hydrogen aviation partnered up with Verne, an American company specialised in high-density hydrogen storage systems.…
BSR HyAirport: the hydrogen aircraft is coming to the Baltic Sea This European project, which will run until October 2026, has officially begun. It brings together 16 partners, including airports,…
At the climate conference, which ended on December 12, 2023, around a hundred countries have proposed a 5% reduction in CO2 emissions from aviation by 2030, based on sustainable aviation…
COP28: Masdar stocks up on hydrogen-related contracts As part of the COP28, Masdar, the Emirates' renewable energy company*, has signed a number of hydrogen-related contracts. While climate is being discussed…
On November 27, 2023, ZeroAvia announced that it has completed its Series C funding round amounting to $116 million. ZeroAvia is on a hot streak! Giant Airbus invested in the…
Hydrogen-powered drones from Heven make a big impression in Monaco As part of the Monaco Hydrogen Forum, Heven - a company based in Israel and the USA - is exhibiting…
Successful first flight for Airbus' hydrogen engine On 8 November, a glider from Airbus equipped with a combustion engine powered by hydrogen made a flight in Nevada (United States). This…
Hyundai makes the case for flying taxis (including hydrogen-powered ones) The head of the Hyundai's air mobility division, who is also the CEO of Supernal, spoke at the Bloomberg forum…
This week, Universal Hydrogen gave an operational demonstration of the loading and unloading of its modular hydrogen capsules on board an ATR 72. At the same time, it also unveiled…
As part of the Roissy-Meaux aeronautics park meetings, the panel on aviation discussed synthetic fuels. When it comes to SAF Europe is lagging behind. While we wait for hydrogen-powered aircraft…
As the Roissy-Meaux aeronautics park meetings get underway today, GRTGaz is announcing the launch of a study with ADP (Paris airports) to bring hydrogen to the French airports of Orly…
Universal Hydrogen is exploring the possibility of using hydrogen capsules for its aircraft, but also for other mobility applications. The solution could be more practical than conventional tanks. The idea…
European aviation giant Airbus has embarked on a major partnership with ZeroAvia, the UK start-up specialising in hydrogen-powered aircraft. Alongside Barclays and Saudi company Neom, Airbus has invested in the…
On 16 June, during the tenth Paris Air Forum*, Air Liquide and the ADP Group announced the creation of "Hydrogen Airport." Hydrogen airport: the new joint venture between ADP and…
Meet4Hydrogen, which organises Hyports, is setting up a conference today and tomorrow on the theme of aircraft and space. This new Hysky conference is taking place at Le Bourget. The…
Ecojet will make hydrogen retrofitted aircraft fly A campaigner for green energies, British entrepreneur Dale Vince wants to launch Ecojet, the first airline to offer hydrogen-powered flights. But the aircraft…
As a producer of renewable hydrogen from biomass, Haffner Energy has announced that it is in discussions with leading players in the aviation sector (airlines, technology suppliers and project developers)…
French people are optimistic about zero carbon aircraft survey says According to a survey carried out on behalf of GIFAS at the Paris Air Show, the French seem to think…
At the Paris Air Show, Airbus highlighted two advances on hydrogen : the fuel cell as an auxiliary generator and the hydrogen-powered gas turbine. Airbus: significant advances on hydrogen technology…
Hydrogen aircraft are on the agenda of the AZEA at the Paris Air Show As you may know, the Paris Air Show started last Monday morning ( June 19). As…
Since the Paris Air Show is in full swing, now is a good time to talk about the roadmap for low-carbon aviation. The sector, which accounts for 2.5% of CO2…
As the Paris Air Show opens today, Air France is speaking out on SAF (sustainable aviation fuels). Air France makes an announcement on SAF at the Paris Air Show Air…
Emmanuel Macron announced a plan for low-carbon aircraft. During a visit to the Safran Aircraft Engines plant at Villaroche in the Seine-et-Marne region on Friday, the French President said that…
Airbus to use green hydrogen based SAF from Masdar Masdar, Abu Dhabi's showcase city, has signed an agreement with Airbus to develop sustainable aviation fuels based on green hydrogen. The…
Will the cost of hydrogen aircraft decrease from 2035? Despite not being an avid proponent of hydrogen, the association Transport & Environment has published a new study showing that the…
ReFuelEU Aviation: new agreement on synthetic fuels This week, an agreement was reached between the Council and the European Parliament to set thresholds for renewable fuels in the aviation sector.…
The American start-up ZeroAvia has entered into a partnership with the Absolut group for the storage and distribution of liquid hydrogen in airports. It has nothing to do with vodka...…
Swiss start-up Destinus is developing a hypersonic hydrogen aircraft. A project that may seem crazy, but... Everyone remembers the Concorde: a supersonic aircraft that took only 3 hours to fly…
On its website , the airline reveals that it wants to use aircraft retrofitted by Universal Hydrogen and also use synthetic fuels. You can read it on the blog section of the…
On March 2, the U.S. start up, Universal Hydrogen, flew an ATR 75 retrofitted aircraft. This is an important step for the company, which has requests to convert nearly 250…
