{"id":10721,"date":"2023-03-02T18:35:46","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T23:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/?p=10721"},"modified":"2023-03-02T18:40:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T23:40:21","slug":"plugs-progen-fuel-cell-flying-airliner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/plugs-progen-fuel-cell-flying-airliner\/","title":{"rendered":"Plug\u2019s ProGen Fuel Cells Power Flying Airliner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Universal Hydrogen used Plug\u2019s industry-leading fuel cells to fly a 40-passenger regional plane on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Plug_GE_Img_Web_UH2_FirstFlight_840_F.jpg\" alt=\"fuel cell airliner\" class=\"wp-image-10722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Plug_GE_Img_Web_UH2_FirstFlight_840_F.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Plug_GE_Img_Web_UH2_FirstFlight_840_F-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Plug_GE_Img_Web_UH2_FirstFlight_840_F-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Plug_GE_Img_Web_UH2_FirstFlight_840_F-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Plug_GE_Img_Web_UH2_FirstFlight_840_F-788x525.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>History was made Thursday when Universal Hydrogen\u2019s flying testbed took to the skies using Plug\u2019s ProGen fuel cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 40-passenger regional airliner nicknamed \u201cLightning McClean,\u201d flew using hydrogen fuel cell propulsion \u2014 a powertrain built around Plug\u2019s own family of fuel cells that have been modified for aviation use. Unlike grid-reliant batteries, the fuel cells are free of carbon emissions but also weigh drastically less and cost less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPlug is proud to be a part of Universal Hydrogen\u2019s significant day in aviation history,\u201d Plug CEO Andy Marsh said. \u201cWe\u2019ve long said hydrogen can power applications, such as planes, while reducing toxic carbon emissions. Today, we proved it, and we\u2019re one step closer to a more sustainable future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Lightning McClean took off Thursday morning from Grant County International Airport in Washington state where it flew for 15 minutes at 3,500 feet (about twice the height of the Empire State Building).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the video below of the momentous event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"entry-oembed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Plug-Powered Airliner Takes Off at Washington State Airport\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PaKP056KaOI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Universal Hydrogen used Plug\u2019s industry-leading fuel cells to fly a 40-passenger regional plane on Thursday. History was made Thursday when Universal Hydrogen\u2019s flying testbed took to the skies using Plug\u2019s ProGen fuel cells. The 40-passenger regional airliner nicknamed \u201cLightning McClean,\u201d flew using hydrogen fuel cell propulsion \u2014 a powertrain built around Plug\u2019s own family of ...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10721"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10721\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}