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Stralis is working with the iMOVE Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) and QUT to install a hydrogen-electric propulsion system (HEPS) into a Beechcraft Bonanza A36 aircraft. The company claims hydrogen planes could transport athletes around Queensland during the 2032 Brisbane Olympics.
Dubbed “Flight100”, flight VS100 aboard the 787-9 G-VDIA departed London Heathrow just before noon local time on Tuesday, arriving at JFK shortly after 2pm local time. The CSIRO has said Australia is in a good position to develop its own domestic SAF industry.
CSIRO’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel Roadmap, developed in concert with Boeing, asserts that Australia has a “moment-in-time opportunity” to develop its own SAF industry, with domestic demand for jet fuel expected to surge 75 per cent by 2050.
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will issue grants across the supply chain to support domestic production of SAF from agricultural feedstocks, with applications to open from mid-July.
Dovetail, which is 20 per cent owned by Rex, will use HTWO’s fuel cells for initial testing in Australia as a preliminary step to full-scale trials, with an eye to conducting a first flight next year. The HTWO system will be integrated with Dovetail’s Iron Bird, which was successfully tested last year.
Echoing a similar investment by Qantas and Airbus in Queensland, the funding – comprising NZ$1.5 million from Air New Zealand and NZ$765,000 from the government – will go towards next-stage feasibility studies into developing a domestic SAF industry in New Zealand.
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