LONDON (Alliance News) - Budget carrier easyJet PLC has unveiled plans to trial a hydrogen fuel cell system which it said could save around 50,000 tonnes of fuel per year and cut carbon emissions, the Financial Times said.
The company will use a hybrid plane concept which works by capturing energy as the aircraft brakes on landing, which is then used to power the plane when it taxis on the ground.
easyJet said using the technology meant planes would no longer have to use jet engines during lengthy taxi operations and when the plane moves from the runway to the terminal.
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