The Allplane Podcast #25 - ZeroAvia & hydrogen-powered aircraft, with Katya Akulinicheva
Today on the podcast, we are going to talk about one of the most promising technologies to decarbonize aviation: hydrogen-powered flight.
And , it is in this field that ZeroAvia, a startup, with operations in both the US and the UK, really stands out.
What is the story of this revolutionary startup? How is it funded? How does its technology work?
And what are the next milestones for ZeroAvia after testing its first hybrid-electric demonstrator last summer?
Today on the podcast we have Katya Akulinicheva, ZeroAvia’s CFO, to answer all these questions and talk about how ZeroAvia aims to disrupt the aviation industry with its hydrogen powertrain.
Tune in for a fascinating chat about the technology that may well be powering the future of commercial aviation!
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What we talk about in this episode:
What is ZeroAvia? Story of the project and funding
Why Hydrogen may be the way forward for green aviation?
Differences between hydrogen and electric-powered flight
Why hydrogen and electric-powered flight are not necessarily two separate things
Which milestones has ZeroAvia achieved
What’s next for ZeroAvia
How does ZeroAvia technology work
Prospects and challenges for the development of hydrogen-powered aviation
ZeroAvia’s demo flight in September 2020. Cranfield, UK. Picture: ZeroAvia
Resources:
First flight of ZeroAvia’s hybrid-electric demonstrator in September 2020
Very thorough article series explaining hydrogen technology, by Bjorn Fehrm
My green aviation podcast with Bjorn Fehrm, where we commented on electric and hydrogen technology
An article by ZeroAvia’s founder, Val Miftakhov, explaining why hydrogen-powered aviation is much better suited to aircraft than to cars.
The Airbus hydrogen-powered airliner concepts
The podcast with the organizers of the record-setting all-electric flight over Germany last summer
A two-article series about the possibilities of hydrogen as an energy source, by Michael Liebreich (founder of New Energy Finance): Part One and Part Two.
An article about the logistics of hydrogen
Universal Hydrogen, the new hydrogen startup of Paul Eremenko, which we mention, and an another article explaining the technology they are developing to recharge aircraft that have been previously converted to hydrogen propulsion
Podcast Music: Five Armies by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3762-five-armies
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Interview Transcript (coming soon!)
(please note that, although we strive to make it as close as possible to the original recording, the transcript may not be 100% accurate)