HyLight secures financing to advance hydrogen-powered unmanned airships
HyLight has raised €3.7m ($4m) to accelerate the deployment of its hydrogen-powered airship drones at an industrial scale.
The time is most definitely now for a hydrogen economy which has moved far beyond its original aim or definition.” Those were the words of Rob Cockerill, then managing editor at H2 View, in his editorial for our very first issue back in 2019. Fast forward 49 issues to April 2024 and our 50th issue, and it feels as if hydrogen is now finding its new definition. Having moved from its roots as a “merchant” gas, traditionally used in chemicals and refining processes, where it was often described as ‘the key enabler of refineries,’ it is now seen as a very different kind of enabler: one of decarbonisation.
HyLight has raised €3.7m ($4m) to accelerate the deployment of its hydrogen-powered airship drones at an industrial scale.
French sports car manufacturer Alpine plans to run a hydrogen internal combustion engine (ICE) supercar at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps endurance race in May 2024.
RWE and Haltermann Carless (HCS) are planning to develop a green hydrogen production facility at the site of a fuel and chemical production plant in the UK.
The EU Commission has selected 42 new infrastructure projects to receive more than €424m ($450m) in EU funds, including 48 hydrogen refuelling stations (HRS).
ENGIE has taken final investment decision (FID) on its section of a €110m ($118m) Franco-German hydrogen pipeline, despite its German development partner’s FID depending on state funding.
easyJet has carried out a hydrogen refuelling trial of a fuel cell-powered baggage tractor at Bristol Airport, UK.
MOL Group has invested €22m ($23m) into what is expected to be the “largest” green hydrogen plant in central and eastern Europe, set to be operational this year.
Investors are looking at hydrogen projects the same way they look at oil and gas projects and offtake remains key, H2 View’s Make Hydrogen Happen Panel at gasworld’s North American Hydrogen Summit has heard.
“A lot of people are shocked when we tell them that IE was actually the first fuel cell company to fly a manned fuel cell-powered demonstrator aircraft with Boeing in 2008,” Jonathan Douglas-Smith, Head of...
The latest text now notes that aviation fuels such as hydrogen are “promising technologies” and are expected to contribute to the decarbonisation of air transport beginning with short-haul flights, writes Chris Ellis.
