Innovation Segment : Electric Vehicles

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Green Hydrogen electric hybrid VTOL Drone - TUDelft - Netherlands

Netherlands

TUDelft, in cooperation with the  Royal Netherlands Navy and the  Netherlands Coastguard, has developed a hydrogen-powered drone that can stay airborne in stable flight for over 3.5 hours due to a combination of hydrogen and batteries making up its power source. It can also take off and land almost anywhere

The fixed-wing design and the use of hydrogen means the drone can fly horizontally for hours at a time, said Bart Remes, Project Manager at the Micro Air Vehicle Lab (MAVLab) of TUDelft.

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Innovation Theme:  Green hydrogen and electric  VTOL hybrid drone, Stable flight for over 3.5 hours, Fixed-wing design for drone stability.

Relevant for

  • Mechanical engineer
  • Automobile engineer
  • Electrical engineer
  • Electronics engineer
  • Power electronics engineer
  • Microelectronics engineer
  • Semiconductors / optoelectronics engineer
  • Power engineer
  • SaaS & cloud-based solutions professional
  • Embedded systems technology professional
  • Database systems professional
  • Software programmer

Innovation sector

  • Electrical engineering
  • Electronics & communications
  • Energy efficiency
  • Energy storage
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Physics

Domain

Sustainable transport

Type of innovation

Core sciences & engineering

Stakeholders

University researcher

Corporate researcher

Startup or entrepreneur

Solution provider

Industry