The airport company #Finavia wants to research and promote the use of #hydrogen at its airports and develop the logistics required for the use of hydrogen, the company announced.
The goal of the international hydrogen project is to develop the hydrogen supply chain from production to the fuelling of airport equipment and aircraft and to testing operations.
“In the project, Finavia leads hydrogen testing for the airport’s winter maintenance equipment. We will replace the engine of the sweeper blower for snow removal with a piston engine that runs on green hydrogen and renewable diesel. Storing hydrogen and delivering it to the airport equipment will also give us valuable experience for the future of hydrogen-powered aircraft”, Finavia stated.
Finavia has about 20 snow removal machines at #HelsinkiAirport alone that could, in the future, use hydrogen fuel for motive power. The project will bring gaseous hydrogen to the airport to act as an energy source for maintenance equipment that cannot be electrified due to their huge power demand.
“In addition to looking at heavy airport equipment, we will, as part of the project, examine what hydrogen-powered aircraft and their fuelling would require from the airport infrastructure”, the company said.
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