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EasyJet and Rolls-Royce Test Hydrogen Propulsion System
The low-cost airline an the aircraft engines group have completed
Rolls-Royce and EasyJet have started ground tests on a concept demonstrator for a hydrogen propulsion system using an AE 2100 turboprop engine. (Photo: Rolls-Royce)
Rolls-Royce and EasyJet have started ground tests on a concept demonstrator for a hydrogen propulsion system using an AE 2100 turboprop engine. (Photo: Rolls-Royce)

Rolls-Royce and EasyJet have completed ground tests with an early concept demonstrator for a hydrogen propulsion system that they hope will eventually be capable of powering narrowbody airliners. The partners announced on November 28 that they recently ran a modified Rolls-Royce AE 2100 A turboprop airliner engine on green hydrogen made from wind and tidal power inspired by the United Nations-backed Race to Zero campaign to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.


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