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Waste-to-Energy Pioneer Uniwastec Targets Hydrogen Fuel Production for Aviation
Hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft developer Lyte Aviation has two new partners—Uniwastec and Amros Global—helping it to bring the SkyBus and SkyTruck aircraft to market by 2030.
Lyte Aviation's SkyBus LA-44 hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft.
Lyte Aviation is partnering with waste-to-energy specialist Uniwastec to explore ways to provide hydrogen to operators of its proposed SkyBus and SkyTruck hybrid-electric aircraft. (Image: Lyte Aviation)

Uniwastec is making its first moves into the aviation sector with its plans to develop hydrogen fuel from wastewater. The company has partnered with Lyte Aviation, which is developing a pair of high-capacity, hybrid-electric aircraft for passenger and freight operations, with a view to supplying operators with net zero carbon fuel at airports and other landing sites.

Switzerland-based Uniwastec is a waste-to-energy specialist that has devised a production process for converting industrial wastewater or saltwater into hydrogen using clean-energy sources. According to the company, the process requires only 39 kW/hrs of energy to produce a kilogram of hydrogen, which it says is 30 percent less than other hydrogen suppliers need, with the differential set to increase to up to 36 percent within a year of production starting.