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Next Energy as New DLR Location

by | Sep 1, 2017 | Germany

The Next Energy research center has gone through uncertain times recently. Last November, the German government did make EUR 7 million per year available to fund the organization, but those millions would only be paid if Next were incorporated into the DLR, the German Aerospace Center. Its integration into the government’s main research organization on aerospace and energy technology, transportation and safety in basic and applied research is intended to save 120 jobs in Oldenburg, Germany (more…)

From Cryoplane to HYCARUS

From Cryoplane to HYCARUS

by | Apr 2, 2017 | Germany, worldwide

HY4

HY4, © DLR

Although the aviation industry was the starting point for hydrogen developments, commercial applications in that industry have been few and far between. 1783 marked the launch of the first hydrogen-filled hot-air balloon; later, hydrogen-powered airships crossed the Atlantic. But since the Hindenburg disaster in Lakehurst in 1937, the most lightweight element of all has fallen out of favor in every field except for the space industry. (more…)

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Fuel Cell Passenger Aircraft for Medium-Distance Flights

Fuel Cell Passenger Aircraft for Medium-Distance Flights

by | Mar 1, 2017 | Germany

Kallo

Prof. Kallo presented HY4

Professor Josef Kallo has been working for years on realizing his dream: the use of zero-emission fuel cell aircraft in passenger transport. On Sept. 29, 2016, he came a huge step closer to his vision, when the first flight of a four-seat, propeller-driven and hydrogen-run airplane was completed successfully. During the World of Energy Solutions, Kallo talked about the flight, the technology used and presented “his” HY4 to all interested attendees. (more…)

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