An American company sets up in Toulouse: this is how it wants to revolutionize air traffic
By Thibaut Calatayud
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An American company sets up in Toulouse ! Specialized in hydrogen air transport, universal hydrogen took into account its technical design center and its European headquarters in the Pink City, Monday July 11, 2022.
It develops hydrogen tanks
It’s in the shed B16 a Toulouse-Blagnac airport (ATB) that the company has taken up residence. There, she will set about developing her reservoirs, which work thanks to liquid hydrogen modular capsules.
“Universal Hydrogen is also working to certify a powertrain conversion kit to adapt existing regional aircraft to hydrogen.”
For this kit, the company is currently carrying out trials with a ATR 72. Universal Hydrogen believes commercial hydrogen flights are “a near-term reality.”
This arrival should also be good news for employment: “About fifty engineers could be located within five years, that’s a goal,” says ATB.
“Leveraging Toulouse’s role as a leader in aerospace innovation”
To pay Paul Eremenkoco-founder and CEO of Universal Hydrogen, “Toulouse is the birthplace of the European aerospace industry and has been a key part of our talent and partner strategy.”
“The European Union has played a leading role in the development of hydrogen as a near-term decarbonisation option for transport applications, including aviation. This is one of the main reasons for requested we have chosen to have a significant European footprint for Universal Hydrogen and we are keen to leverage Toulouse’s historic role as a leader in aerospace innovation to position the region as a leading hub in the field of climate technologies.”
For her part, the President of the Occitanie Region, Carole Delgawelcomed the arrival of Universal Hydrogen in Toulouse: “We have been committed since 2018 to developing hydrogen technologies in the Region and we are delighted to welcome Universal Hydrogen to Occitania, one of major players in the decarbonization of aviation”.
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