Hydrogen Aviation Lab: Pushing forward H2 adoption in Hamburg

Hamburg Aviation Green

H2 is on a roll: Hydrogen seems to be gaining traction as a fuel in aviation, at least in Europe. From successful test flights by ZeroAvia to recent updates to Germany's national hydrogen strategy - which doubled the production target for green H2 by 2030 - the pieces of the puzzle are slowly coming together. More and more airports are collaborating on H2 infrastructure in the 2030s.
But what problems still need to be solved about refuelling passenger aircraft with liquid hydrogen, a cryogenic fuel, at a commercial airport?
During the dark days of the Covid-19 pandemic, the City of Hamburg announced funding for the Hydrogen Aviation Lab, a real-world test facility that uses a decomissioned A320 to answer these questions.
With us to talk about the lab and the valuable data it will supply to enable H2 adoption in Hamburg is Hansi Aringhoff, Head of Corporate Innovation at Lufthansa Technik. Headquartered in Hamburg, the company is part of a consortium including DLR German Aerospace Center, ZAL Centre for Aeronautical Research and Hamburg Airport that us running the test bed until 2024.
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