Hydrogen Integration Research Centre (HIRC)

Research and education

Aerospace

Aviation regulation

Research funding

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

Hydrogen in gaseous form, one of the primary forms Germany expects to import to meet national demand.

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

United Kingdom

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

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.