Tag: featured
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Airbus: Next generation of CityAirbus revealed
Airbus has announced plans for a new CityAirbus at the Company’s first #AirbusSummit on “Pioneering Sustainable Aerospace” as the emerging Urban Air Mobility (UAM) market begins to firm up. Ushering in the next generation of CityAirbus, the fully electric vehicle is equipped with fixed wings, a V-shaped tail, and eight electrically powered propellers as part…
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ZeroAvia receives Dornier 228 aircraft for their hydrogen powered electric 19 seater
ZeroAvia Inc, the company developing hydrogen powered electrical solutions has received one of two recently announced purchase of Dornier 228 aircrafts. The team behind ZeroAvia aims to utilize the 19 seater commuter aircraft for developing their hydrogen fuel cell powertrain. The Dornier 228-200 airframe comes with two turboprop engines which will be replaced with two…
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Wright Electric unveil their new 2MW motor
The company Wright Electric has started testing their new 2MW electrical motor. The motor design has a power range from 500kW to 4MW, allowing to use the right motor size for various applications. For use in their planned Wright 1 aircraft, 10 2MW motors will be used in total, delivering around 20MW of power. That…
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Climeworks launches the largest CO2-scrubbing plant ever built
The swiss Company Climeworks launched the largest direct air capture (DAC) plant ever built. Orca, previously featured in our carbon capture series her on NetZero.aero, is able to scrub 4000 tons of CO2 per year. On September 8th 2021, Climeworks opened the Orca plant on Iceland at Hellisheidi for production. The plant uses renewable power…