Un tour du monde sans escale en huit jours dans un avion avec l'hydrogène vert pour carburant: après Solar Impulse, Bertrand Piccard lance Climate Impulse, un nouveau projet pour promouvoir les technologies zéro émission et "montrer qu'il y a des solutions".
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00:00 A world tour without stopovers in 8 days in a plane with hydrogen green for fuel, after Solar Impulse, Bertrand Piccard launches Climate Impulse, a new project to promote zero-emission technologies and show that there are solutions.
00:12 Designed in partnership with the Belgian chemist Scienco, who died in December of Solvay, the plane will have a double fuselage with the cockpit installed in the middle and 37 meters in width, half less than Solar Impulse.
00:24 It must make its first flight in 2026 and make its world tour two years later.
00:29 It will then be about flying at nearly 200 km / h at 3,000 meters above sea level for eight days in a row.
00:35 Its predecessor, Solar Impulse 2, powered by the only solar energy and therefore dependent on the weather, had completed its world tour in 2016 at the end of 17 stages.
00:45 Climate Impulse will work with hydrogen produced from renewable-origin electricity that will power electric motors.
00:54 "I live in an eco-depressed world that does not see a future, it is time to show that there are solutions that exist today, which must recreate enthusiasm," says Bertrand Piccard.
01:03 Switzerland, which presents itself as an explorer of progress and durability, has been working on Climate Impulse for three years.
01:11 It is about showing that with a fuel cell, electric motors and liquid hydrogen, one can fly a biplane around the world and that, if that is possible, it can be done everywhere, he explains to AFP, recalling that aviation has been a symbol of innovation since 1903.
01:26 Several hydrogen-powered aircraft projects, feeding a fuel cell or burning directly in the engine, are currently under development in Europe, including the Dragonfly of the French startup Blue Spirit Aéro or the Z2 Aéro and Airbus.
01:40 Airbus partner
01:41 Scienco, from Solvay and which has taken over activities in speciality chemistry, was already a partner of Solar Impulse.
01:48 The group works on speciality materials, chemistry for decarbonization, for lightening and electrification and a project like Climate Impulse constitutes an extraordinary showcase for pushing new innovations, says Paris-Lamme Cadry, Director General of Scienco.
02:05 Among them, solid or denser batteries in energy and non-flammable, lighter composite thermoplastics than current recyclable composites or the storage of cryogenic hydrogen, -253 ° C, on board the aircraft.
02:18 "It's a technological expedition, and what we want is to prove technologically that it is feasible for aviation," says Nuttell.
02:26 Responsible for 2.5 to 3% of the world's CO2 emissions, the air sector has committed to reaching carbon neutrality by 2050.
02:35 Airbus, which plans to develop its hydrogen aircraft for 2035, provides technical support to Climate Impulse, as does the aeronautical equipment manager of Aéres, Capgemini or Ariane Group, a specialist in the use of liquid hydrogen for rockets.
02:51 Climate Impulse will be built in the sand of Ollone, Vendée, notably by the former navigator and composite engineer Rafael Dinelli.