Bertrand Piccard lance Climate Impulse, un avion hydrogène.

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Un tour du monde sans escale en huit jours dans un avion utilisant de l'hydrogène vert comme carburant : après Solar Impulse, Bertrand Piccard lance Climate Impulse, un nouveau projet visant à promouvoir les technologies zéro émission et à démontrer qu'il existe des solutions. - L'info en continu  https://buzzplus.fr/ Infos, news & actualités - L'information internationale en direct.

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00:00 A world tour without stopovers in 8 days in a plane using green hydrogen as fuel.

00:05 After Solar Impulse, Bertrand Piccard launches Climate Impulse,

00:08 a new project aimed at promoting zero-emission technologies and demonstrating that there are solutions.

00:14 Designed in partnership with the Belgian chemist Sciencesco,

00:18 which was founded in December of Solvay,

00:20 the plane will have a double fuselage with the cockpit installed in the middle and 37 meters in width,

00:25 half less than Solar Impulse.

00:27 It will make its first flight in 2026 and make its world tour two years later.

00:33 It will then be about flying at nearly 200 km/h at 3,000 meters altitude for 8 days in a row.

00:39 Its predecessor, Solar Impulse 2, powered by the only energy of the solar and therefore dependent on the weather,

00:46 had completed its world tour in 2016 at the end of 17 stages.

00:50 Climate Impulse will operate with hydrogen produced from renewable-origin electricity,

00:56 which will power electric motors.

00:59 We live in an eco-depressed world that does not see a future.

01:02 It is time to show that there are solutions that exist today,

01:05 that must recreate enthusiasm, pleads Bertrand Piccard.

01:09 Switzerland, which presents itself as an explorer of progress and durability,

01:14 has been working on Climate Impulse for three years.

01:17 It is about showing that with a fuel cell, electric motors and liquid hydrogen,

01:23 you can fly a two-seater aircraft around the world and that, if possible,

01:27 it can be done everywhere, he explains to AFP,

01:30 recalling that "Aviation is a symbol of innovation since 1903".

01:34 Several hydrogen-powered aircraft projects,

01:37 powering a fuel cell or burning directly in the engine,

01:40 are currently under development in Europe,

01:43 among which the Dragonfly of the French start-up Blue Spirit Aéro or the Z2RO of Airbus.

01:48 Airbus partner

01:50 Scienco, from Solvay and which has taken over activities in speciality chemistry,

01:56 was already a partner of Solar Impulse.

01:59 The group works on speciality materials,

02:02 chemistry for decarbonization, for lightening and electrification,

02:06 and a project like Climate Impulse constitutes an "extraordinary showcase"

02:10 to push new innovations,

02:12 affirms for its Paris-Lame Cadry, Director General of Scienco.

02:16 Among them, solid batteries, denser in energy and non-flammable,

02:21 thermoplastic composites, lighter than current recyclable composites,

02:25 or the storage of cryogenic hydrogen, -253 °C, on board the aircraft.

02:32 It is a technological expedition,

02:34 and what we want is to prove technologically that it is feasible for aviation,

02:38 is so enthusiastic.

02:40 Responsible for 2.5 to 3% of the world's CO2 emissions,

02:44 the air sector has committed to reach carbon neutrality in 2050.

02:49 Airbus, which plans to develop its hydrogen aircraft for 2035,

02:54 provides technical support to Climate Impulse,

02:57 as well as the aeronautical equipment of Aére, Capgemini or Ariane Group,

03:02 specialists in the use of liquid hydrogen for rockets.

03:06 Climate Impulse will be built in the sand of Ollone, Vendée,

03:10 by the former navigator and engineer in composite Raffaele Dinelli.

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