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Germany's Stuttgart Airport Will Be Home to a Hydrogen Aviation Center
With almost $6 million in funding from the German state of Baden-Württemberg, hydrogen propulsion specialist H2Fly will build and manage a facility to support the development of hydrogen-powered aircraft.
Officials from H2Fly, Deutsche Aircraft, Stuttgart Airport, the state of Baden-Württemberg and the German government launch the development of the new Hydrogen Aviation Center.
Left to right: Nico Buchholz, chief commercial officer of Deutsche Aircraft, Winfried Hermann, Baden-Württemberg’s transport minister, Anna Christmann, federal government coordinator of German Aerospace Policy, Winfried Kretschmann, minister-president of Baden-Württemberg, Josef Kallo, co-founder and CEO of H2Fly, and Walter Schoefer, CEO of Flughafen Stuttgart. (Image: Flughafen Stuttgart/H2FLY/Maks Richter]

Hydrogen fuel cell developer H2Fly plans to establish a Hydrogen Aviation Center at Germany’s Stuttgart Airport. The facility will be used to create hydrogen propulsion systems for airliners and is due to open in late 2024.

H2Fly, which is owned by U.S. eVTOL aircraft manufacturer Joby Aviation, will manage the facility and will make it available to other companies and scientific institutes working on zero-emissions hydrogen-electric technology. The project is receiving €5.5 million ($5.9 million) in funding from the transport ministry of the German state of Baden-Württemberg.