Department for Transport, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, and The Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP
Competition will fund critical research into electric and hydrogen aircraft to support aviation reach net zero by 2050.
- government launches first round of £3 million Zero Emission Flight Infrastructure (ZEFI) competition, supporting development of infrastructure required to aid electric and hydrogen aircraft such as charge points for planes
- British Airways completes first-ever net zero carbon freighter flights powered by waste materials such as cooking oil
- this comes as Jet Zero Council meet for a third time setting out a plan to put aviation at the heart of building back better and greener from the pandemic
The Government announced on 30 June 2021 that the Jet Zero Council has kept up momentum as it launches first round of £3 million Zero Emission Flight Infrastructure (ZEFI) competition, supporting development of infrastructure required to aid electric and hydrogen aircraft such as charge points for planes. The press release also highlights how British Airways completes its first-ever net zero carbon freighter flights powered by waste materials such as cooking oil.
