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Aiming to serve four million passengers per year by 2040, Paine Field Airport is exploring potential near-term growth strategies. The airport anticipates reaching its current terminal capacity of 2 million annual passengers by approximately 2030 — approximately twice its 2019 total — as stated by Airport Director Joshua Marcy. Marcy presented the estimates Thursday to the Commercial Aviation Work Group , a state legislative committee tasked with r Exploring and evaluating choices for a new airport in Washington . RELATED: Paine Field announces steps toward commercial terminal expansion The airport’s draft master plan details 30 construction initiatives over the coming two decades with an anticipated expense of $297 million. These projects will collectively contribute approximately 200,000 square feet to the terminal area and increase the overall gate count to 15. Even though the initiatives will roll out gradually, Marcy stressed the significance of pre...

Lagos — Fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) offer a new opportunity for the transport sector to significantly reduce emissions, with only water vapor being produced as a result of their operation. IDTechEx’s report, “ Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles 2025-2045: Markets, Technologies, Forecasts examines the technological aspects of fuel-cell vehicles and their functionality, along with key factors driving their adoption such as environmental advantages, high energy density, and reduced necessity for large batteries. Proton exchange membrane fuel cells Fuel-cell vehicles on the road today currently all use proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), which see hydrogen being pumped into a gas diffusion on the anode side, and oxygen on the cathode side. The use of platinum catalysts helps to strip hydrogen of its electrons in order to create protons, which can then travel through the proton exchange membrane. There, they can re...