Hydrogen-Powered Planes Could be the Best Bet For Greener Air Travel

The largest-ever hydrogen airplane just took off. It only seats 19, but the company see a much bigger future.

last fall, can carry nine passengers. The largest battery powered plane, an electrified Cessna Grand Caravan first flown in 2020, can carry 14 passengers. Other companies are betting on so-called “e-fuels,” which use chemical processes to convert renewable energy into liquid fuels like kerosine, which then could be used by planes of any size, and many airlines are investing in

Those longer flights account for the lionshare of the airline industry’s emissions. In 2020, long flights of more than 4,000km constituted just 6% of all flights departing from European airports, but accounted for more than half of total flight emissions, according toby Eurocontrol. The shortest flights of 500 km or less, the ballpark range of those being targeted by battery-electric airplane companies, were about 30% of departing flights, and 4% of emissions.

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