A number of companies have partnered together to study the creation of the first hydrogen airport hub located in Spain.
Airbus, Aena, Air Nostrum, Iberia, Exolum and Repsol have joined forces to address the main challenges to deploy hydrogen powered aviation in Spain.
“Given Spain's great potential in renewables and low carbon hydrogen production, it is essential that the aviation industry as a whole collaborates to secure a future end-to-end hydrogen supply chain up to the airports,” said Karine Guenan, Airbus’ vice president ZEROe Ecosystem. “At Airbus, the decarbonisation of aviation is one of our most important goals and the deployment of hydrogen powered commercial aircraft with its ecosystem is one of those key levers.”
Ana Salazar, director of sustainability at Aena added: ""The decarbonisation of the air transport sector is a priority for Aena. This collaboration will allow us to gain a broader understanding of how the process of supplying hydrogen to Spanish airports could materialise in the future.”
The ultimate goal is to foster and support the growth of the hydrogen aviation ecosystem in Spain, Airbus has also launched the “Hydrogen Hub at Airports'' programme to promote the further expansion of hydrogen infrastructure in aviation.To date, agreements have been signed with partners and airports in 13 countries including Canada, Germany and Singapore.