Environmentally Friendly Aviation for all Classes of Aircraft
EFACA is a project co-funded by the European Commission through the Horizon Europe Programme, inserted on the Climate, Energy and Mobility cluster aiming at fighting climate change by 2050.
OUR MISSION STATEMENT
EFACA project intends to promote an aviation sector more climate and environmentally friendly with the development of new technologies by using electric and hybrid thermoelectric propulsions and new sustainable fuels to replace fossil fuels.
About EFACA
EFACA is a project funded by the European Commission under the Horizon Europe Framework Programme. It aims to support the greening of the EU’s aviation industry by testing a hybrid turbo-electric propulsion system for a propeller-driven regional aircraft, while also tacking areas such as fuel cells with both conventional and novel cooling mechanisms.
Objectives & Actions
EFACA aims to achieve its goals by putting forward six main objectives divided into three levels which are presented below:
- Level 1: Three TRL3 demonstrations of technologies relevant to the greening of aviation;
- Level 2: Considers 4 clasess of aircraft: (i) small, (ii) regional, (iii) single and (iv) twin aisle, including preliminary designs of (ii) and (iii);
- Level 3: Road map for the achievement of the EU environmental targets for aviation synthetizing.
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News & Events
TRA Conference 2026
🛫 The EFACA Project participated in the TRA Conference 2026 as a member of the ClimAvTech Cluster, represented by Arvind Rao from the HOPE project, contributing to a presentation on how the cluster’s projects support innovation, climate resilience and sustainability in the transport sector. The event held on 18 to 21 May 2026 in Budapest,…
IOCAE 2026
Our EFACA partner, Oleksandr Zaporozhets from Łukasiewicz – ILOT, presented the results of the project during the 1st International Online Conference on Aerospace, which was held on 16–17 April 2026. The conference brought together researchers, professionals, and representatives from the aerospace sector to exchange knowledge, discuss recent developments, and present advances in aerospace technologies and…
ClimAvTech Coordination
🛫 Since March 2025, EFACA has been coordinating the management of the ClimAvTech Cluster, with support from the Ergon Research project. The cluster was established in 2023–2024 under the HESTIA project and aims to strengthen scientific collaboration while promoting joint dissemination activities to ensure wide access to cutting-edge research outcomes. The ClimAvTech Cluster currently brings…