ZeroAvia to establish manufacturing facility in Scotland

Located at AMIDS (Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland) the company’s Hydrogen Centre of Excellence will support the company in a range of manufacturing operations relating to powertrain production and testing. It will also be the company’s primary location for the production of advanced high temperature PEM (HTPEM) fuel cell stacks and supporting systems.

The company also has plans to expand its R&D and aircraft testing centre at Cotswold Airport in Gloucestershire.

The project in Scotland has been made possible by a £9m Regional Selective Assistance grant from Scottish Enterprise. This follows an equity investment of £20m from the Scottish National Investment Bank into ZeroAvia as part of the company’s Series C funding, with the UK National Wealth Fund investing £32m as a cornerstone-level investor in the round. The Series C funding round was led by Airbus, Barclays Sustainable Impact Capital and NEOM Investment Fund.

The UK government awarded ZeroAvia and consortium partners £10.5m to develop the advanced HTPEM fuel cells in 2024 via the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) programme in conjunction with the Department for Business and Trade and Innovate UK. The UK government has awarded ZeroAvia £18.5m total R&D funding since 2019 to develop their fuel cell and powertrain technology. This support comes alongside over $250m in private investment.