SoCalGas awards record-breaking grant to HYSKY Society for hydrogen aviation

HYSKY Soci­ety, a non-prof­it orga­ni­za­tion ded­i­cat­ed to advanc­ing hydro­gen avi­a­tion, has received a game-chang­ing grant from SoCal­Gas, the largest nat­ur­al gas dis­tri­b­u­tion util­i­ty in the Unit­ed States.

The grant, award­ed on March 28, 2023, is the largest in HYSKY Soci­ety’s his­to­ry and will sup­port its flag­ship event, FLYING HY, which is the world’s largest hydro­gen avi­a­tion event.

“We are extreme­ly grate­ful to SoCal­Gas for this gen­er­ous grant, which will help make FLYING HY an even big­ger suc­cess,” said Danielle McLean, CEO of HYSKY Soci­ety.

“FLYING HY is not just an event, it is a move­ment. It is a unique oppor­tu­ni­ty for the hydro­gen and avi­a­tion com­mu­ni­ties to come togeth­er, share ideas, and show­case the lat­est in hydro­gen avi­a­tion tech­nol­o­gy. We are excit­ed to use this grant to make FLYING HY 2023 the best event yet.”

PODCAST: Danielle McLean of HYSKY talks about hydro­gen avi­a­tion, its FLYING HY event and impor­tance of diver­si­ty

FLYING HY will take place from 21–23 June 2023, and will bring togeth­er experts, researchers, and indus­try lead­ers from around the world to dis­cuss the lat­est advance­ments in hydro­gen avi­a­tion.

The event will fea­ture keynote speech­es, pan­el dis­cus­sions, and col­lab­o­ra­tion between both the hydro­gen experts and avi­a­tion indus­try. Atten­dees will also have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to net­work and col­lab­o­rate with oth­er hydro­gen and avi­a­tion enthu­si­asts, as well as with HYSKY Soci­ety’s team of experts.

The grant from SoCal­Gas will enable HYSKY Soci­ety to expand the scope and reach of FLYING HY 2023, bring­ing togeth­er more thought lead­ers, indus­try experts, and tech­nol­o­gy inno­va­tors to accel­er­ate the growth of the hydro­gen avi­a­tion indus­try. The grant will also sup­port HYSKY Soci­ety’s ongo­ing work to pro­mote sus­tain­able solu­tions for the avi­a­tion indus­try and reduce its impact on the envi­ron­ment.

HYSKY Soci­ety was found­ed in 2022 and launched in Jan­u­ary 2023. The non­prof­it is ded­i­cat­ed to advanc­ing the use of hydro­gen in avi­a­tion through research, edu­ca­tion, and advo­ca­cy. Its mis­sion is to pro­mote hydro­gen as a sus­tain­able solu­tion for the avi­a­tion indus­try and reduce its impact on the envi­ron­ment.

In Jan­u­ary, The Ver­ti­cal Flight Soci­ety spun off of its H2eVTOL Coun­cil, formed in May 2020 to pro­mote the devel­op­ment and advance­ment of hydro­gen fuel cell tech­nol­o­gy in elec­tric air­craft, into its own inde­pen­dent non­prof­it organ­i­sa­tion, the HYSKY Soci­ety.

Ver­ti­cal Flight Soci­ety spins off H2eVTOL Coun­cil as HYSKY Soci­ety