A UK JOINT VENTURE is being set up to develop and commercialise kW-MW rated electric propulsion systems - both conventional and superconducting - for aerospace and non-aerospace applications. The venture, called Hydrogen Hybrid Electric Propulsion Systems (H2EPS), is being formed by the University of Nottingham (UoN) and the Electric Aviation Group (EAG), which is designing "the world's first true-zero (zero carbon and NOx emissions) 90-seater hydrogen hybrid-electric regional aircraft" which, it hopes, will enter service by 2030. The joint venture will focus initially on developing and commercialising 2MW-class electric propulsion systems for hybrid, all-electric and hydrogen-electric aircraft applications, with the aim of fast-tracking the decarbonisation of the aviation sector.
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