Hydrogen Integration Research Centre (HIRC)

Research and education

Aviation regulation

aerospace solutions

Aerospace

Facilities that convert gaseous hydrogen into liquid form for transport via cryogenic tanker trucks.

A system that uses hydrogen as its source of fuel for aircraft.

A device used to split water into hydrogen and oxygen through electrolysis. Bloom Energy produces solid-oxide electrolyzers.

United Kingdom

Airbus is conducting tests on a 90-kilowatt hydrogen fuel cell system integrated into an A320 aircraft to determine how fuel cells can reduce fuel consumption and environmental impact in commercial aviation.

Modifying existing Britten-Norman Islander aircraft to utilize gaseous hydrogen propulsion systems.

A facility at Cranfield University dedicated to research on hydrogen engines, fuel systems, and storage, with separate test sites for gaseous and liquid hydrogen.