A group led by Honeywell recently convened to introduce the European Clean Aviation project, which aims to create a new generation of hydrogen fuel cells for the aviation sector. A megawatt-class fuel cell propulsion system powered by hydrogen will be developed as part of Project NEWBORN through multidisciplinary cooperation between 18 partners from 10 different European nations.
“Achieving aviation’s transformation to climate-neutral requires a comprehensive arsenal of disruptive solutions that will bring momentous gains in aircraft energy efficiency coupled with low- or zero-carbon energy sources,” said Axel Krein, executive director, Clean Aviation. “With the launch of NEWBORN we can kick-start the necessary work to drive a step-change in aircraft performance and deliver EU Green Deal ambitions for net-zero flight,”he further added.