Could planes run on hydrogen?

As the aviation industry scrambles for ways to reduce its carbon footprint, hydrogen has emerged as a high potential solution to its problems. 

In 2022, aviation accounted for two percent of global energy-related CO2 emissions, according to the International Energy Agency.

The International Air Transport Association, the trade association for the world's airlines, has committed to achieving net zero by 2050. IATA's 330 member airlines will rely on sustainable aviation fuel, offsets and carbon capture, and new technology to reach the goal.

Hydrogen and electric technology are anticipated to make up 13% of that shift – which explains why, according to Markets and Markets, the hydrogen aircraft market could be worth $7.4 billion by 2030, a 98% increase from 2020.

So, how would hydrogen fuel and planes work? Watch the video above to learn more. 

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[anonymous]

Or we could fly less. More zoom calls.

[craiglee]

The "green" form is not carbon free. It takes carbon production to produce the solar/wind/hydro electricity. So indentify it as "carbon reduced" - not "carbon free".

[davalonreefer]

Studying cost over global warming is amazing. If these government and companies truly cared they would have some stopped the use of fossil fuel a long time ago.

[zapfanzapfan]

Take the green hydrogen and react it with captured CO2 making methanol. Much easier to store and transport than hydrogen and no problem running a normal jet engine on it.

[silentmax]

Hydrogen + carbon = synthetic jet fuel

[williamlloyd]

Seems like there must be lower-hanging fruit then aviation industry to convert to a green energy source.

[TheDavidlloydjones]

Problem is, a pound of hydrogen carries less energy than a pound of pretty much anything else.
It would make more sense to put feathers on your planes, and pull them off and feed them into the boiler as you fly along.

[Lottoboi]

There's also a pink hydrogen, hydrogen made from nuclear energy

[lokesh]

Yes!

Blessing for the AirFreight.

Answer for the Hyperinflation Environment.

[urbanstrencan]

Definitely hope that we can make it work ❤❤

[cliffwoodbury]

They say there is so much methane in the polar regions - can we use that methane?!

[cliffwoodbury]

factories to produce hydrogen, at all airports and train stations as well as other locations. Reminds me of Edisons first generation D.C. system were power plants would have to be installed everywhere...

[princejaiswal]

Hydrogen combustion engine is my Dream project ❤

[richardcampbell]

Most flying is not essential. Only a small portion of the population flies a lot. The solution is much less flying. Start by banning private jets and frequent flier programs.

[joelbolduc]

Hydrogen fuel for places send like a great idea on paper. Storing more of it in the plane's tank increases its boyency instead of weighing it down because hydrogen is lighter than air. I could see it as a way of storing energy from solar panels (instead of charging a dollar battery, use the solar energy to split H2O, which can be used as fuel when sunlight is not available ; and while the hydrogen fuel is sitting in the tank, it's lowering the amount of energy required to fly the plane since it's essentially making it lighter, almost as if it was half plane, half zeppelin).

[wisfina]

use bioethanol its cheaper and less infrastructure than hydrogen.

[Basketballlife]

Who came up these “net zero dates” when the earth is billions of years old…