The first in 2035! Airbus hydrogen powered aircraft

Original title: the first in 2035! Airbus hydrogen powered aircraft
Airbus, a leading European aircraft manufacturer, is preparing to turn hydrogen fueled aircraft into a reality.
Airbus said that the era of hydrogen energy is coming rapidly and plans to put hydrogen energy aircraft into use in 2035.
Guillaume Foley, Airbus's chief executive, has been talking about the future of aircraft fuel for many years.
According to the financial times, Foley said that in about 2030, the company will produce commercial airliners powered by hydrogen; At the same time, the production process does not need to change any physical laws to deal with hydrogen energy. The energy density of hydrogen is three times that of kerosene.
Foley's comments reflect Airbus's growing confidence that it can solve the complex engineering and safety challenges required for hydrogen powered aircraft. However, Foley also warned that this would require the support of the government and regulators.
Airbus needs to have "a certain degree of certainty" about the regulatory environment and fuel supply before 2027 or 2028, when the company must decide whether to invest billions of dollars in new hydrogen fueled aircraft projects.
Airbus believes that the challenge of decarbonization is not only for aircraft, but also to obtain the right fuel and hydrogen at the right time, at the right place and at the right price, which can not be solved by the aviation industry itself.
Airbus and other aviation peers agree that this requires a variety of solutions to meet the challenge of decarbonization. Sustainable aviation fuel is one of them.
According to the financial times, Alan Epstein, Professor of Aeronautics at MIT, claimed that sustainable aviation fuel is the only practical solution to achieve the green development of commercial aviation.
He also said:
We should not only reduce carbon dioxide, but also make further progress towards this goal by 2050. But the current technology is not mature enough.
In the next 20 years, the economic feasibility of hydrogen fueled aircraft will be more affected by national policies and regulations than technology or capital.
The aviation industry is striving to achieve the zero carbon emission target by 2050, which also brings a certain sense of urgency to the whole industry. Before the epidemic grounded a large number of aircraft around the world, the carbon emissions of the aviation industry accounted for about 2.4% of the global carbon emissions.
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