Would Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft Work For Regional Airports In The UK?
In Stealthy Startup Promises Cheaper Flying Via Renewable Hydrogen, I wrote about ZeroAvia and their plans for hydrogen-powered mini-airliners.
They could power a mini-airliner with the size and performance of the Cessna Caravan, of which well over two thousand have been built for all sorts of purposes. I flew in one, on holiday in Kenya, to get to the Masai Mara.
But could hydrogen-powered mini-airliners, as proposed by ZeroAvia, have applications in the UK?
All around the coast and islands of the UK and Ireland, there are small airfields with commercial services.
- Many commercial services are struggling and some airlines have gone bust.
- Many services are important to sustain the local economy or develop new industries like offshore oil and gas in the past and offshore wind in the future.
- Many of the airports are ex-RAF bases and don’t lack space.
- Some of the airports in this category, that I have visited, don’t lack wind.
I think it would be possible to install a wind or solar power driven hydrogen plant on these airports to support hydrogen-powered mini-airliners providing short feeder services to major airports.
The key to making this structure work would be the range of the hydrogen-powered aircraft.
- Refuelling at the remote airport wouldn’t be a problem.
- Would a major airport welcome a gas tanker refuelling the hydrogen-powered aircraft?
- Could some routes be flown, by only refuelling at the remote airport?
I’m looking forward to my first flight!
August 15, 2019 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Airports, Flying, Hydrogen, ZeroAvia
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Great post 🙂
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