Octopus partners with ZeroAvia for green hydrogen aviation project

Octopus Hydrogen, from the Octopus Energy Group, will supply over 250 kg of green hydrogen per day to power ZeroAvia’s HyFlyer II programme.

The HyFlyer II project is a government-backed programme to develop a certifiable 600kW hydrogen-electric fuel cell powertrain that will power a 19-seat aircraft with a 500 nautical mile range.

By 2024, the zero emission hydrogen-electric powertrain technology plans to market, enabling commercial zero emission flights to adopt this technology.

The UK Government promotes the use of green hydrogen in aviation, as outlined in their Hydrogen Strategy.

William Rowe, Founder and CEO of Octopus Hydrogen, said: “We started Octopus Hydrogen to deliver 100 per cent green hydrogen to those sectors that cannot be decarbonised through batteries alone. Aviation is a perfect use case for green hydrogen and we are delighted to be supporting ZeroAvia over the coming years with the supply of high pressure, pure and zero carbon hydrogen.” 

“Global aviation accounts for around 2 per cent of global human-induced CO2 emissions. So finding a way to maintain the benefits of flight without destroying our planet is a hugely exciting opportunity and critical for the UK to achieving Net Zero.”

Sergey Kiselev, VP Europe at ZeroAvia, said: “In order to achieve a commercially available certified zero emission hydrogen-electric aircraft powertrain we need large amounts of 100 per cent green hydrogen and we are pleased to work with a UK-leader in this field. Hydrogen-electric aviation is the only practical path to decarbonising flight at scale, as well as removing other harmful emissions from aviation that contribute to global warming.”