fuel cell plane Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:29:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Airbus A320 to Be Equipped With Hydrogen Fuel Cells for Increased Efficiency https://www.greenoptimistic.com/airbus-a320-to-be-equipped-with-hydrogen-fuel-cells-for-increased-efficiency-20120808/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/airbus-a320-to-be-equipped-with-hydrogen-fuel-cells-for-increased-efficiency-20120808/#respond Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:29:34 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=25768 Though the hydrogen fuel cells used nowadays are not powerful enough that commercial aircraft engines can be replaced by them, it doesn’t mean that they are not effective enough to make air travel more efficient. Airbus flight tests have shown 15% decreases in fuel consumption. The environmental controls, entertainment system, and lights of the Airbus […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/airbus-a320-to-be-equipped-with-hydrogen-fuel-cells-for-increased-efficiency-20120808/feed/ 0 25768 BASF DLR-H2: First Manned Fuel Cell Airplane Took Off! https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fuel-cell-airplane-20081002/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fuel-cell-airplane-20081002/#respond Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:10:41 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=948 This spring, Boeing announced a flight powered by fuel cells, only that the take-off was powered by a Li-Ion battery. This autumn, on Sept. 30, the Germans did it from head to toe by using only hydrogen! Wow!

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