Flying without emissions: how hydrogen is greening aviation
World Economic Forum
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Synthetic Aviation Fuels - Is That Your Biggest Competitor?
Synthetic aviation fuels, of course, are interesting for the medium term solution where we don't have yet large engines for large airplanes. But it is significantly more expensive to produce that fuel than just to produce hydrogen because you have to actually produce hydrogen first and then bind it to carbon in a large chemical plant or refinery like facility. And then you burn that fuel relatively inefficiently. Back to combustion engine versus fuel cell efficiency, fuel cells utilize fuel more efficiently. So this is a good medium term solution. I sort of estimate between 30 and 50 years, sort of lifetime of that solution,. but fundamentally hydrogen electric approach is the best approach.
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