UK start-up Catalsys is proposing its green ammonia-based power generation technology for airport ground operations and potentially for aircraft propulsion. This week, the sustainable aviation investment fund SkiesFifty announced it will establish a joint venture with Catalsys to fund early-use cases for the process, which involves converting sustainably produced “green” ammonia into an ammonia and hydrogen fuel mix to run generators that supply off-grid electricity.
Increasingly, airports, FBOs, and handling providers are seeking to run ground vehicles and other equipment with electricity as part of efforts to decarbonize their operations. In some countries, including the UK, it can take years to expand the capacity of an electric grid to support this approach, delaying decarbonization efforts and prompting the industry to consider hydrogen as an alternative.
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