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H2 Aviation Summit 2022
DAY 1 SESSION 1
The Hydrogen Share — how far can H₂ tackle #emissions by 2050… What's standing in the way and how much combustion vs #fuelcell?
CHAIR:
- Ivana Jemelkova, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting, Energy Transition & #Sustainability
SPEAKERS:
- Richard Moriarty, Chief Executive Officer, UK Civil Aviation Authority
- James Mcmicking, Vice President Of Strategy, ZeroAvia
- Rob Miller, Professor, Chair in Aerothermal Technology and Whittle Lab Director
- Keith Wipke, Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Technologies Program Manager, NREL
TOPIC:
Projections have varied as to the role that hydrogen is expected to play in meeting net zero goals by 2050. The Mission Possible Partnership predicts 9% of GHG reduction from hydrogen in a prudent scenario, or 25% in an optimistic scenario, at that marquee middle of the century point.
To engineers working on the #technology, even the optimistic may seem unambitious. Particularly as the #Aerospace Technology Institute concludes that hydrogen is the fuel of the future and that within the next 20 years, we will be able to fly anywhere in the world with one stop on pure hydrogen fuel.
How far can #hydrogen go? What are the barriers? Technology, #infrastructure, renewable energy capacity, regulation? Given that both hydrogen combustion (up to 75%) and hydrogen-electric (up to 90%) offer more greenhouse gas abatement than any other technology, can we afford to wait?
In this session, panelists offer their assessment of the top technology unlocks, regulatory hurdles and infrastructure overhauls that are crucial to get more hydrogen fuel into aircraft and to plot a quicker path to clean aviation.
H2 Aviation Summit 2022
DAY 1 SESSION 1
The Hydrogen Share — how far can H₂ tackle #emissions by 2050… What's standing in the way and how much combustion vs #fuelcell?
CHAIR:
- Ivana Jemelkova, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting, Energy Transition & #Sustainability
SPEAKERS:
- Richard Moriarty, Chief Executive Officer, UK Civil Aviation Authority
- James Mcmicking, Vice President Of Strategy, ZeroAvia
- Rob Miller, Professor, Chair in Aerothermal Technology and Whittle Lab Director
- Keith Wipke, Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Technologies Program Manager, NREL
TOPIC:
Projections have varied as to the role that hydrogen is expected to play in meeting net zero goals by 2050. The Mission Possible Partnership predicts 9% of GHG reduction from hydrogen in a prudent scenario, or 25% in an optimistic scenario, at that marquee middle of the century point.
To engineers working on the #technology, even the optimistic may seem unambitious. Particularly as the #Aerospace Technology Institute concludes that hydrogen is the fuel of the future and that within the next 20 years, we will be able to fly anywhere in the world with one stop on pure hydrogen fuel.
How far can #hydrogen go? What are the barriers? Technology, #infrastructure, renewable energy capacity, regulation? Given that both hydrogen combustion (up to 75%) and hydrogen-electric (up to 90%) offer more greenhouse gas abatement than any other technology, can we afford to wait?
In this session, panelists offer their assessment of the top technology unlocks, regulatory hurdles and infrastructure overhauls that are crucial to get more hydrogen fuel into aircraft and to plot a quicker path to clean aviation.
