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Airbus successfully tests fuel cells in civilian aircraft

Nope, this isn't a story about a plane flying exclusively on hydrogen. Instead, it's about Airbus' use of a fuel cell to obtain electricity for some of the plane's electrical needs: motor pump, back-up hydraulic circuit and operating the aircraft's ailerons. The cells produced a total of 10 liters of water. The good thing, based on Airbus' claims, is that this might allow the aircraft to be lighter, because less fuel would be needed to carried for the on-board generators. The resulting product, plain water, could also be used in water systems, ... Read more →

French manned electric plane test flight a success Xavier Navarro

In a project called "Electra," a group of French engineers have managed to successfully fly a manned electric plane. The plane, called Electra F-WMDJ, has an electric motor good for 25 HP and ...

NC State Uni turns fat into jet fuel Dane Muldoon

North Carolina State University engineers have developed technology that can see almost any fat source in the future be used as a feedstock in the production of jet plane biofuel. Referred to as ...

Airbus successfully tests fuel cells in civilian aircraft 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Nope, this isn't a story about a plane flying exclusively on hydrogen. Instead, it's about Airbus' use of a fuel cell to obtain electricity for some of the plane's electrical needs: motor pump, back-up hydraulic circuit and operating the aircraft's ailerons. The cells produced a total of 10 liters ...

French manned electric plane test flight a success 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In a project called "Electra," a group of French engineers have managed to successfully fly a manned electric plane. The plane, called Electra F-WMDJ, has an electric motor good for 25 HP and lithium-ion batteries. The first flight took 48 minutes inside a closed circuit based on ...

NC State Uni turns fat into jet fuel 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

North Carolina State University engineers have developed technology that can see almost any fat source in the future be used as a feedstock in the production of jet plane biofuel. Referred to as Centia, from 'crudus potentia,' or 'green power' in Latin, the process has been provisionally patented ...


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