Airbus opens new hydrogen technology research centre

Europe-based global major aerospace group Airbus has announced that it has opened a new hydrogen technologies research unit, in Germany. Designated the ZEROe Development Centre (ZEDC), the facility will focus on developing hydrogen system technologies which use composite materials. It is located at the group’s Stade complex, in Lower Saxony. ZEROe is the Airbus initiative to decarbonise aviation. “Establishing a composite related ZEDC in Germany strengthens our research and technology footprint in the country and ensures the involvement, from the start, of leading experts to support our decarbonisation ambition,” highlighted Airbus Chief Technology Officer Sabine Klauke. “Furthermore, the ZEDC will benefit from the wider composite research and development ecosystem such as the Airbus subsidiary Composite Technology Centre (CTC GmbH), the CFK NORD [research centre] in Stade as well as from further synergies from space and maritime activities.”