2023-05-29 17:49:25
Decarbonization
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The NGO Transport & Environment, which examines proposals to decarbonize our travel, demonstrates in a study that this technology, admittedly imperfect, could be competitive for medium-haul flights. Provided that a tax on kerosene is put in place.
Is the hydrogen plane a viable solution to help decarbonize the aviation sector by 2035? The question is complex, both economically and technologically. Associated with Safran and General Electric, Airbus has promised a model equipped with a hydrogen engine for 2035. The objective is ambitious: banish CO2 emissions from kerosene-fueled vehicles to switch to hydrogen, which, at the moment of its combustion, produces only water vapour.
As of 2020, the government has been enthusiastic about this carbon-free energy that has become a “priority for the energy and industrial sovereignty of France”, announcing an envelope of 7.2 billion euros in public support by 2030, including 2 billion as part of the post-Covid recovery plan. The craze around green hydrogen, also seen as a way to reduce Europe’s dependence on Russian gas, has only grown in recent months. In his screenplay “net zero”the International Energy Agency predicts that the
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