Zeroavia signs flurry of hydrogen-powered aviation MoUs
The hydrogen-electric aircraft developer has set out plans to collaborate on airport infrastructure, powertrain retrofitting and fuel-cell stack development
Hydrogen-electric aircraft developer Zeroavia has announced a collaboration with Canada’s largest airport by land area, Edmonton International Airport (EIA), to explore the development of hydrogen infrastructure at both the main site and the EIA-operated Villeneuve Airport. The two firms will conduct a pilot programme to fuel a demonstration plane and other operations with a hydrogen refuelling system developed by Zeroavia. The partners plan to initially explore gaseous hydrogen as a fuel, although liquid hydrogen may be necessary to support aircraft with over 50 seats. $68mn – Zeroavia Series B financing “We believe that hydrogen will be a key technology to decarbonise aviation and
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