Hydrogen aviation requires generation boost

Hydrogen aviation requires generation boost
A render of a hydrogen-powered Airbus aircraft over Christchurch airport. (Image: Hydrogen Consortium)
Staff reporters
New Zealand will need to drastically increase renewable electricity generation for the local aviation sector to transition to hydrogen fuel.On Thursday, the NZ Hydrogen Aviation Consortium released a roadmap report showing how NZ could remove up to 900,000 tonnes of carbon emissions every year by 2050 through the use of hydrogen-fuelled aircraft flying domestic routes.The consortium consists of Airbus, Air NZ, Christchurch International Airport (CIAL) Fortescue, Hiringa Energy and Fabrum.To achieve this degree of emission reductions, only sligh...

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