New “Air” Battery Makes Larger Electric Aircraft Possible
A new solid state, lithium-air battery is on its way to pilot-scale production, offering less weight and higher energy density for electric aircraft.
Aviation
Toyota & Joby Aviation Are Really Trying To Build “Air Mobility for All” — Or…
Small electric aviation vehicles have been getting hyped for … several years. I remember a writer on CleanTechnica who was obsessed with electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft nearly a decade ago. Heck, electric aircraft was even supposed to be the subject of Elon Musk’s first meeting with JB … [continued]
Booming Air Tourism Could Fuel European Rent Hikes of up to €250 a Year
Southern Europe and Ireland hit hardest by air tourism-driven housing crisis, T&E study finds Unchecked growth in tourism, facilitated by air traffic growth, is fueling an unaffordable housing crisis across Europe. Some of the most popular destinations like Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece, have seen protests from residents in the … [continued]
Economics of Air Transport in Europe
Examining fair distribution of costs & benefits from air transport for tourism. Since 2010 tourism has grown rapidly across Europe, facilitated primarily by growth in air transport. Significant further growth of air traffic is forecast, boosted by airport expansion and gaps in aviation taxation. The air transport industry claims to bring … [continued]
Circularity Cuts Cost Of Making Sustainable Aviation Fuel From Bio-Methane
Singularity Fuels in California has completed a six month trial of its system that converts bio-methane to sustainable aviation fuel.
The updated aviation fuel-service projection starts from post-COVID recovery, then bends liquid-fuel growth through regional-electric displacement, constrained SAF and demand pressure.
Aviation Fuel Demand Doesn’t Collapse. Cheap Kerosene Growth Does.
Aviation is one of the harder transition sectors to model well because it invites two bad shortcuts. One is to assume that flying keeps growing as it did in the cheap-kerosene era, with a cleaner molecule somehow dropped into the same demand curve. The other is to assume that decarbonization … [continued]
Draft Guidelines on State Aid to the Air Transport Sector — T&E Consultation Response
As Europe transitions to sustainable energy alternatives and away from fossil fuel dependence, the aviation sector and airports must follow. As described in our response to the Aviation Strategy, airports form an important part of the aviation transition. Not only must airports themselves reduce their own emissions, they must also support … [continued]
Aviation Cleantech Coalition Urges EU to Rewrite the Skies for Zero-Emission Flight
European companies, many of them innovative new entrants to the market, are developing the next generation of disruptive aircraft technologies, notably zero-emissions and hybrid-powered aircraft (ZEHA). These innovations can get us closer to decarbonised flying and could help secure European aviation’s competitiveness and technological leadership for decades to come. Thanks … [continued]
How Europe Can Lead the Next-Generation Flights
European companies are developing the next generation of disruptive aircraft. Zero-emission and hybrid-powered aircraft (ZEHA) can help bring aviation closer to decarbonised flying, while strengthening Europe’s industrial competitiveness and technological leadership. By using renewable electricity and green hydrogen produced in Europe, these aircraft can also reduce the sector’s exposure to … [continued]
Electric Airplane Powered By Solid-State Batteries Completes Test Flight
If you have been following battery energy storage developments for a while, you know the prospect of solid-state batteries is both real and seems to perpetually not arrive. Many of us might like to speculate what will happen when solid-state batteries are readily available to be used in electric vehicles … [continued]
