Airbus is opening a hydrogen-focused laboratory in the United Kingdom, marking the company’s latest endeavour to boost the design of its next generation of aircraft.
Airbus stated in a statement on Wednesday that the Zero Emission Development Centre in Filton, Bristol, has already started working on the technology’s development.
“All Airbus ZEDCs are expected to be fully operational and ready for ground testing in 2023, with flight testing beginning in 2026,” the company added.
Aviation has a huge environmental impact, according to the World Wildlife Fund, which calls it “one of the fastest-growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions driving global climate change.”
HOPES FOR HYDROGEN
“If we don’t manage to decarbonize at the proper speed,” warned Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury, aviation “may face substantial obstacles.”
Faury, who was speaking with CNBC’s Rosanna Lockwood, outlined a number of areas where his company is concentrating its efforts.
These included reducing the amount of fuel used and the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by flights.
Furthermore, the company’s aircraft now had a recognised capacity for 50 percent sustainable aviation fuel in their tanks.
AIRBUS SHARES
“We need to see the SAF industry progress, expand, and grow in order to service airlines and be able to employ the 50% capacity of SAF,” he said.
“By the end of the decade, we’ll be at 100 percent.”
Faury noted that the above was a “really significant aspect of what we’re doing.”
“The next one is looking at the mid- to long-term future to bring the hydrogen plane to market since this is truly the ultimate solution,” he said, saying that it would take a lot of engineering, research, and capital expenditures.
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