Simple Flying
Michael Doran
19 May 2024
A consortium of European aerospace organizations has come together to design and develop systems and standards for airport hydrogen fuel use.
- Big team working on liquid hydrogen refueling project called GOLIAT, receiving $11.8m funding over 4 years from the EU.
- Initiative aims to demonstrate safe and reliable use of liquid hydrogen in airport operations for zero-emission flights by 2050.
- Hydrogen has high energy potential for aviation and can be used for propulsion or as synthetic fuel, offering a sustainable future for aircraft.
As with all such projects, it has an acronym: GOLIAT, short for Ground Operations of Liquid Hydrogen AircrafT. Over four years, the GOLIAT initiative will receive €10.8 million ($11.8m) from the European Union's Horizon Europe Framework Programme.
It aims to demonstrate how high-flow liquid hydrogen (LH2) handling and refueling technologies can be developed and used safely and reliably for airport operations. Liquid Hydrogen will play an important role in aviation's quest to reach zero-emission flight by 2050 and will be a solution to decarbonize short—and medium-haul aviation.
The GOLIAT consortium includes ten partners from eight countries: Airbus (France, Germany, UK), Chart Industries (Czech Republic, Italy), TU Delft (Netherlands), Leibniz University Hannover (Germany), Royal Schiphol Group (Netherlands), Rotterdam The Hague Airport (Netherlands), Vinci Airports (France, Portugal), Stuttgart Airport (Germany), H2FLY (Germany), and Budapest Airport (Hungary).
[Read more: Airbus Leading European Hydrogen Refueling Project (simpleflying.com)]
