Fuel Cells
Take to the Runway
Airbus will
test a system that could reduce fuel consumption by 15 percent.
Hydrogen
fuel cells are nowhere near powerful enough to replace a commercial aircraft's
engines, but that doesn't mean they can't help make air travel cleaner and more
efficient.
Airbus
plans flight tests of a fuel-cell system that could reduce fuel consumption by
as much as 15 percent simply by powering an aircraft's nonpropulsion
systems—such as the lights, the entertainment system, and the environmental
controls.
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