Rabat-a year after its introduction, the climate impulses have developed considerable progress in the development of the world’s first green-hydrogen aircraft, which was developed in 2028 for an uninterrupted nine-day zero emission flight around the globe.
During an online conference with his first anniversary today, important partners, including the University of Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P), the OCP Group, Syensqo and Breitling, reflected on the performance of the project and outlined future challenges and opportunities in sustainable aviation.
What started as a concept in the heads of Bertrand Piccard and Raphael Dinelli Climate pulse closer to the start.
Piccard, chairman of climate impulses, expressed his excitement about quick progress during the conference. The workshop was empty a year ago. Today it is full of shapes, with parts of the wings, parts of the fuselage, with 15 people working really hard as pioneers to achieve this. ”
He noticed how important teamwork and partnerships convert to reality to convert this vision.
In the meantime, Dinelli expressed the commitment of the project to prove that hydrogen can be a practical solution for the decarbonization of aviation. “We have to master the safe storage and use of liquid hydrogen over a long period of time: master more than eight days to operate climate impulse,” he said.
Until Zeino-Mahmalat, the technical director of the project, repeated this excitement when he pointed out the strong capacity of renewable energies and the role of the country in the decarbonization efforts of the country.
“We are one of the leaders in fertilizers. We have set ourselves a very strong ambition in decarbonizing our own operations and our own products, ”he said. OCP aims to reach carbon neutrality in the Scopes 1 and Two by 2030 and three in three exports by 2040. Zeino-Mahmalat explained that green hydrogen and its derivatives like ammonia play an important role in these efforts.
“Ammonia can be made of hydrogen. The combination of this enormous potential of renewable resources because we have one of the best regions in the world to produce green hydrogen with our need to decarbonize our products is a great place where we are, ”he explained.
UM6P plays an important role in the further development of the project by contributing the latest research and technological solutions. Professor Lamiae Azizi repeated the university and repeated the commitment of the University of Sustainability and Innovation.
“For us, this partnership, our scientific specialist knowledge and our technological solutions, enables us to adopt a pioneering project that is in line with our mission to promote CO2 neutrality in the industries and to reduce Morocco into its management position in renewable energy resources into renewable newcomers . ”
AI and automation in the green flight
She also discussed the contributions from UM6P to AI-based autopilot systems and explained how technology will improve flight efficiency and security. “We see this as an AI autopilot-based system in which we can collect a number of information about the flight, the trajectory and the environmental conditions,” she said.
“Our goal is to provide an automated system that recognizes subtle turbulence and optimizes energy consumption, which means that all problems that you could bring into a problem during the mission in the problem of climate impulses.”
As the main technological partner of Climate impulses, SYensQO contributes innovative materials and technical solutions to improve aircraft performance and efficiency. CEO Ilham Kadri enthusiastically said that “this is not just a technological project; It is a human adventure. His environmental project is the ultimate flight in the world without emissions. “
Kadri outlined the role of Syensqo in the development of light composite materials that are essential for the reduction of the aircraft’s energy consumption. “We light objects, be it a plane, a car or an e-bike. We do that, ”she said. “When it is mobile, it consumes less fuel, which means less CO2.”
She found that composite materials such as carbon fiber reinforced polymers can be 30 to 50% lighter than conventional metals and at the same time maintain strength and durability. “It is estimated that weight reduction of 1% using composite materials can lead to a reduction in fuel consumption by 0.75%,” she said.
Despite remarkable progress, the way to success is a challenge, since the aviation industry has long been difficult to decarbonize. The aviation industry releases different types of gases that contribute to climate change. The main dioxide is the main dioxide that comes from the burning jet material and make up About 2.5% of global emissions.
However, the climate impulse wants to prove that changes are possible. She pointed out that aviation currently contributes between 4% and 6% to global warming.
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“A one -way street from New York to Tokyo usually spends about 2 tons of carbon dioxide per passenger,” she said, adding that the reduction or elimination of these emissions would be an important step in reducing climate change.
Last year, climate impulses received international recognition because he presented his vision for important events such as the New York climate week, COP29 in Baku and the World Economic Forum in Davos. The project aims to inspire a more comprehensive introduction of technologies for clean energies via aviation and advocacy for a future in which sustainability and economic prosperity go hand in hand.
The cockpit cover of the aircraft has been completed, with the design ensuring smooth aerodynamics and advanced communication systems, and the interior has also been completed. These elements were tested in a full size wooden model to ensure that they are functional and comfortable.
The team has also started to produce the wing saved with the production of fuel tests shortly. In the meantime, the final aircraft design was unveiled and a 3D model of the aircraft was built to test its start, landing and stability.
For climate impulses, 2025 and 2026 will be important years for the project. Next year, the team will test the hydrogen fuel cells and drive systems using a special test setup to ensure that the first 100% of the electrical flight phases run smoothly. The researchers will also examine how this technology can be used in small commercial aircraft with up to 20 passengers.
