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Zeppelin Back To Life? Start-Up ‘H2 Clipper’ Green Dirigible Boasts 170-Ton Payload, 7500 M3 Cargo Space

By on 2. April 2022

Green hydrogen powered dirigible could revolutionize long haul cargo transport worldwide.

More than 80 years ago, the Hindenburg Zeppelin LZ 129 exploded and crashed as it approached landing at Lakehurst New Jersey on May 6, 1937.

The behemoth 250-meter long vessel rigid airship had been in service for just under a year. At the time, numerous such vessels had been produced and employed with relative commercial success between the 1900s and the late 1930s. But the dramatic, fiery explosion of the Hindenburg spelled the end of dirigibles as a mode of transport.

Green resurrection 

That may be about to change. In the latest video, Die kalte Sonne’s Energieschau features California start-up H2 Clipper, which wants to bring the dirigible back to life with “a 100% green 20th century version of the hydrogen dirigible”.

According to the company’s promotional video, the new vessel uses “green hydrogen” for propulsion and with it the company hopes to transform air freight and shipping worldwide.

Using liquid hydrogen and fuel cell technology, the H2 Clipper is claimed to “operate efficiently at service ranges from under 500 to well over 6,000 miles” and travel at 175 mph. It would be able to “deliver goods directly from a factory in China to a distribution center in the U.S. in less than 36 hours.”

 The H2 Clipper also boasts a massive cargo volume capacity of over 265,000 cubic feet (7,500 cubic meters), which is “8 to 10 times more cargo space than any other air freighter”.

Air freight cost less than a quarter of traditional 

The cargo transport cost: between $0.177 to $0.247 per ton, which is “less than one-quarter the cost of traditional air freighters”. Moreover, using today’s modern navigation technology, it could transport unmanned.

According to H2 Clipper’s site:

By using modern fuel cell technology, fresh water is the H2 Clipper’s only operating by-product. It is not only 7X to 10X faster than a ship and 4X less costly than an air freighter, but also the only climate pledge friendly alternative for long-haul transport.”

Sounds highly promising and thus may be a great example of an effective and even impressive way to put green energies to use.



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16 responses to “Zeppelin Back To Life? Start-Up ‘H2 Clipper’ Green Dirigible Boasts 170-Ton Payload, 7500 M3 Cargo Space”

  1. Tregonsee
    Tregonsee 2. April 2022 at 7:46 PM |

    There is something about the grandeur of a Zepplin which makes it a Seductive Technology. Anything that magnificent MUST have a use. The problem is that with the possible exception of covering golf tournaments, there literally is nothing a Zep can do which can’t be done quicker, easier, and when all is factored in, cheaper by another technology. I really wish them luck, but ….

  2. Billj
    Billj 2. April 2022 at 8:48 PM |

    So it only produces water, the most potent greenhouse gas in the atmosphere!

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  4. toorightmate
    toorightmate 3. April 2022 at 1:37 AM |

    What could possibly go wrong?

  5. AlexS
    AlexS 3. April 2022 at 12:43 PM |

    Shouldn’t this be in 1 April?

  6. pochas94
    pochas94 3. April 2022 at 5:35 PM |

    The Hindenburg was a deflagration, not an explosion.

  7. spike55
    spike55 4. April 2022 at 10:13 AM |

    Love how they compare the payload as a volume, compare to aircraft, then the time, compared to a ship !

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  16. Yonason
    Yonason 6. April 2022 at 12:42 PM |

    A little chemistry to ponder.
    https://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/education/resources/highschool/chemmatters/articlesbytopic/biographyandhistory/chemmatters-dec2007-hindenburg.pdf

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