North America

ZeroAvia and Edmonton International Airport (EIA) in Canada have today (July 21) announced a collaboration to bring hydrogen-electric flight to the country.

easyJet and Rolls-Royce on Tuesday (July 19) announced the companies had formed the new partnership, H2ZERO, in a bid to develop hydrogen engine technology to power aircraft, including the narrow-body market.

Hydrogen infrastructure development firm, LIFTE H2 and compressor manufacturer, Burckhardt Compression, have today (July 21) announced that the companies will develop a joint offering of hydrogen solutions.

As part of its hydrogen-powered flight developments, Airbus UpNext, a subsidiary of Airbus, has revealed a flight test programme to study contrails produced by a hydrogen combustion engine.

The hydrogen-powered mobility market continues to grow, with what is said to be the ‘world’s first’ hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric three-wheeler, or Tuk Tuk.

ZeroAvia has received a further $30m in funding to develop its 2-5MW hydrogen-electric powertrain programme, aiming to power 40-80 seat aircraft by 2026.

TAE Technologies has revealed today (July 19) it has secured $250m from a financing round to fund the construction of its next hydrogen-boron fusion reactor, dubbed, Copernicus.

Canada’s regional aviation market looks set to become cleaner as Universal Hydrogen today (July 19) announces the firm order from Avmax Aircraft Leasing to convert 20 regional aircraft to run on green hydrogen.

Nel on Monday (July 18) announced its largest purchase order to date, from an undisclosed customer based in the US, for 200MW of alkaline electrolyser equipment for industrial application, priced at over €45m ($46m).

Zero-emission aviation innovator, ZeroAvia announced it had signed an agreement with PowerCell, that will see the development and delivery of at least 5,000 aviation-optimised proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell stacks.