Airbus, Snam and SAVE – venice airport sign an agreement to promote hydrogen applications in the air transport sector.
Airbus, Snam and SAVE have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote the use of hydrogen as a sustainable energy carrier in the airport and air transport sectors.
The three companies will share a common strategy with the aim of helping to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases related to airport activity, starting with the Marco Polo airport in Venice, managed by SAVE.
The collaboration between the companies will be articulated in several areas, starting from future needs and technological options, leading to the identification of technical and implementation solutions that will be tested through pilot projects and then subsequently extended on a large scale.
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Marco Alverà, CEO of Snam, said:
The collaboration with Airbus and SAVE aims to accompany one of the most important airports in Italy, in a symbolic city of our country in the world, towards the goal of zero emissions.
“The initiative is part of our commitment to the decarbonization of the airport sector and is in line with the projects that we would like to develop in the area as part of the established Fondazione Venezia World Capital of Sustainability, of which Snam is one of the founding members.”
“Hydrogen is a key solution to foster environmental sustainability and competitiveness of airports, ports, heavy and maritime transport and all industrial sectors that are difficult to decarbonise. Snam is committed to investing in technology, network development and integrated projects to promote the development of a national hydrogen supply chain, accelerating the energy transition”.
Monica Scarpa, CEO of the SAVE Group:
The partnership agreement with Snam and Airbus is a fundamental step in the path taken by our Group with a view to ecological transition and decarbonization of the airports managed.
“The specificity and value of this project of study and application of hydrogen in the aviation sector, consist in particular in the sharing of skills that contemplate the entire supply chain, from production, to storage, to supply, up to the use for commercial aeronautics of this fuel that can make a great contribution to the energy challenge of our planet.”
“For Venice airport, it means actively contributing to the commitment to reducing harmful emissions, in line with the goal of our city to propose itself internationally as the capital of sustainability”. Thanks for staying up to date with Hydrogen Central.
The engineering and design studies envisaged by the agreement will include the technological infrastructure necessary for the refueling of hydrogen to both aircraft and airport vehicles, with the possibility of evaluating effective solutions also for energy needs related to accessibility to the airport, making the entire airport system zero emissions.
An intermodal synergy with road and rail transport can also be activated.
Finally, Snam, SAVE and Airbus will be able to jointly develop innovative technologies and “end-to-end” solutions based on hydrogen and aimed at both Venice airport and other potential users, also participating in grant programs and public tenders at both national and European level.
The agreement will eventually be the subject of subsequent binding agreements that the parties will define in compliance with the applicable legislation and regulatory profiles.
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AIRBUS, SNAM AND SAVE – VENICE AIRPORT SIGN AGREEMENT TO PROMOTE HYDROGEN APPLICATIONS IN THE AIR TRANSPORT SECTOR, Venice, San Donato Milanese, February 15, 2022
