EU SCIENTISTS DEVELOP HYDROGEN PLANE
June 1st, 2007
BY MONICA DOBIE
EUROPEAN Union-(EU) funded researchers are developing what will be the first hydrogen fuel-cell operated airplane. Financed by Euro 2.9 million from the EU, the Environmentally Friendly Inter City Aircraft will be created at Italy's Polytechnic of Turin, and will take three years to develop.
The goal of the project is to build an intercity shuttle aircraft that uses fuel cell technology for the propulsion system, and hydrogen storage.
These technologies would also be developed to replace on-board electrical systems.
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