The new “H2Zero” partnership, inspired by the UN-backed Race to Zero campaign aiming to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, will see a series of engine tests starting later this year.
The project is seeking to demonstrate hydrogen’s potential to fuel aircraft from the mid-2030s.
An early concept ground test of a Rolls-Royce AE2100 engine will take place in the UK later this year, followed by a “full-scale” ground test of a Rolls-Royce Pearl 15 jet engine overseas.
The programme will build on initial hydrogen combustion and fuel system test Rolls-Royce has undertaken with Cranfield and Loughborough universities.
