Airbus-led GOLIAT project to explore hydrogen ground ops

A new Airbus-led pan-European consortium has been launched to explore the challenges around liquid hydrogen refuelling and handling for aviation.  

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Known as GOLIAT (Ground Operations of LIquid hydrogen AircrafT), the project is aiming to demonstrate the safe handling of liquid hydrogen (LH2) at three European airports. Over the course of its four-year programme, GOLIAT partners will develop LH2 refuelling for small-scale hydrogen aircraft, with a view to scaling up the technology for larger commercial aircraft in the future. The project will also look to develop an LH2 standardisation and certification framework, as well as assess the sizing and economics of the hydrogen value chains for airports.

LH2’s high energy density has the potential to enable low-carbon aviation, but there are many challenges to the widespread deployment of hydrogen at airports, including the need to better understand the operational, regulatory, economic and safety impacts. GOLIAT will attempt to answer some of these questions.

“We continue to believe that hydrogen will be an important fuel for the future of short-haul aviation,” said Karine Guenan, vice president of ZEROe Ecosystem, Airbus.

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