Airbus and Boeing join to study green fuel cell-based APU

Airbus and Boeing are to link in a ground-breaking collaborative effort to accelerate the development of fuel cell technology for auxiliary power units (APU).

Airbus plans to flight test fuel cells developed with GE Motors in the hold of an A320 in the middle of 2007. Boeing has been researching fuel-cell technology at its centre in Madrid since 2003, and the US manufacturer plans to fly a 440kW fuel cell-powered demonstrator aircraft later this year.

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