Okay, nothing remarkable here.

How does the aircraft work?

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Is such an aircraft viable at the moment?

And the ATI is well-aware of that, saying we could have the concept aircraft one day.

And, in fact, the ATI doesnt specify how it plans to tackle the challenges associated with hydrogen.

FlyZero hydrogen concept aircraft

Elevated cost

Using green hydrogen doesnt come cheap.

This process not only requires large amounts of energy, but is also very expensive.

Lack of infrastructure

Thats a no brainer.

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An entirely new infrastructure would be needed to store and transport hydrogen at the airports.

This would be expensive and doesnt really exist at scale yet.

Whats the takeaway?

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Hopefully, these findings will give us clearer answers.

Story byIoanna Lykiardopoulou

Ioanna is a writer at TNW.

With a background in the humanities, she has a soft spot for social impact-enabling technologies.

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