TIME magazine has recognized ZeroAvia CEO and Founder Val Miftakhov as one of the world’s most influential leaders in climate action in business in its 2023 #TIME100Climate list. Under Val’s leadership, ZeroAvia remains committed to sustaining our impact through continuous advancement of zero-emission, hydrogen-electric aviation. The more that TIME magazine and other high profile media celebrate this innovation, the greater public recognition will be and the appetite to adopt cleaner flight technologies will only grow.
Val has been dedicated to developing innovative solutions to tackle climate change since launching his previous company eMotorWerks, which developed smart EV-grid integration hardware and software. After selling eMotorWerks to Italian energy company Enel, Val founded ZeroAvia with the goal of preserving and growing the societal, cultural and economic benefits of aviation by finding solutions to the industry’s growing climate impact.
In his interview with TIME, Val suggests that hydrogen aviation as a climate technology deserves more attention and funding. He states in his excerpt that “more attention is needed to stave off the over-reliance on piecemeal solutions or regressive policies that restrict flight only to the wealthy. More money is needed to scale up hydrogen production for aviation and to develop the airport infrastructure to facilitate the switch to truly clean aviation”.
Read Val’s full interview here.
About ZeroAvia
ZeroAvia is a leader in zero-emission aviation, focused on hydrogen-electric aviation as the optimal solution for tackling the industry’s climate impact. Initially targeting a 300-mile range in 9–19 seat aircraft by the end of 2025, and up to 700-mile range in 40–80 seat aircraft by 2027, ZeroAvia has already passed significant flight test milestones. The company has secured a number of key partnerships with major aircraft OEMs, secured pre-orders for nearly 2,000 engines from a number of the major global airlines, with future revenue potential over $10bn. ZeroAvia is part of the UK Government’s Jet Zero Council. For more, please visit ZeroAvia.com, follow @ZeroAvia on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube
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