COVID-19 wiped out 15 years of passenger air traffic growth almost overnight. As the world steadily returns to the skies, the sustainability of air travel is coming under greater scrutiny. With the search for alternative propulsion technologies heating up, could ‘green hydrogen’ represent the next oil revolution? Paul Perera certainly thinks so, and having led the hydrogen ambitions for both Rolls-Royce and GKN, he knows a thing or two about the subject. Jonny Williamson sat down with him to learn more.
You believe aircraft powered by hydrogen, either from direct combustion or via a fuel cell, represent significant growth opportunities for UK manufacturers. Why? Paul Perera, Global Sustainable Technology Leader Paul Perera: Many of the changes hydrogen brings to an aircraft relate to areas the UK leads in. For example, the wings…
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