Charged

AUGUST 11, 2023

Japanese electric motor manufacturer Nidec and Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer have established a joint venture (JV) company, Nidec Aerospace, to develop electric propulsion systems for the aerospace sector. Nidec will own a 51% share of the JV and Embraer will own the remaining 49%. Source: Nidec

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Grist

MARCH 8, 2021

When shipping giant Maersk announced last month it would operate a “carbon-neutral” vessel by 2023, the Danish company committed to using a fuel that’s made from renewable sources, is free of soot-forming pollutants — and is currently in scarce supply. E-methanol is made by combining hydrogen with carbon dioxide.

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Charged

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Archer Aviation and United Airlines have announced their first airport-to-city-center route using Archer’s electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL). Archer says it plans to launch an urban air mobility (UAM) network across the New York metro area. The same trip by car can take an hour or more during rush-hour traffic.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 1, 2022

DAC works by capturing CO2 in the air and then either sequestrating it or using it to manufacture carbon neutral fuel. Direct Air Capture, green hydrogen and SAF (sustainable aviation fuel). There are various sources of emissions at an airport ranging from electrical generation through to ground operations.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 25, 2024

Wind is China’s largest source of electricity after coal and hydropower, delivering 9.4% of the total electricity supply in 2023. Although oil consumption halves by 2050 from its 2027 peak, its use in petrochemicals and heavy transport (aviation and shipping) will linger and 84% of oil use will be met through imports.

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2021

Air cargo operator pledges to invest in sustainable fuels, carbon capture research, and fleet electrification in bid to meet new climate goals. By 2025, half of all FedEx Express global PUD vehicle purchases would be electric, rising to 100 per cent by 2030, it said. FedEx CEO and chairman Frederick W.

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2021

American Airlines has announced it has reached an agreement in principle with Kuehne+Nagel to allocate a portion of the emissions reduction benefit the airline generates from its use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to the logistics company in a move designed to signal growing customer demand for lower carbon fuels.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Europe's largest aviation associations have published a roadmap for how the carbon-intensive industry could achieve carbon neutrality by mid-century, a vision that combines technological innovations, sustainable aviation fuels, enhanced air traffic management, and taxing airlines' CO2 emissions. per cent annually.

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Business Green

AUGUST 10, 2022

United Airlines pays Archer $10m deposit as part of 2021 deal which will see the company develop 100 electric vehicle take-off and landing aircrafts. Archer Aviation has received a $10m deposit from United Airlines to support its plans to produce 100 electric vehicle take-off and landing (eVOTL) aircraft.

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Business Green

MAY 11, 2022

The government must act now to scale power-to-liquid fuels that would allow the aviation industry to reduce their emissions, while long-term solutions are in development, argues Green Alliance's Helena Barrett. As a sector, aviation has so far got off lightly in the push to meet net zero.

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 10, 2019

On December 11th Vancouver based Harbour Air will test fly the world's first all-electric commercial plane. In February of this year Harbour Air announced that it would be converting all of its 40 propeller-driven seaplanes to electric, to make it the first emission free all-electric airline.

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The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 16, 2023

To be sure, a completely separate report published by a different environmental group last week casts some doubt on Apple’s recent carbon neutral claims. Big Tech produces 4 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, more than aviation. The biggest chunk of a company’s carbon footprint is often its suppliers.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Engineering giant's zero emission milestone comes as British Airways completes chartered London-Glasgow flight partly powered by sustainable aviation fuel. Rolls Royce said it would now begin an "intense flight-testing phase" where it would collect performance data on the aircraft's electric power and propulsion system.

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Business Green

MARCH 26, 2021

Modern aviation had never seen a year like 2020. And it begs the question: Can sustainable aviation finally get off the ground? Regardless, pressure has been on aviation to join other sectors in dramatically cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Three things can be done to reduce aviation's climate impact. The answer is yes.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Could green hydrogen be key to a carbon-free economy? The Saudis are going big on something called green hydrogen — a carbon-free fuel made from water by using renewably produced electricity to split hydrogen molecules from oxygen molecules. Jim Robbins. Thu, 11/19/2020 - 01:30. This summer, a large U.S. It’s hard to beat.".

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Grist

AUGUST 11, 2022

It’s packed with energy; per unit of weight, at least 60 times as much as the lithium-ion batteries used to propel electric cars. But according to a growing body of research, those efforts leave something out: Most of the planet-warming effects of flying aren’t from carbon dioxide. It’s also terrible for the climate.

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Grist

JULY 7, 2023

Whether used to heat your house or build it, wood is often touted as carbon-neutral, especially by biofuel and lumber companies and even some environmentalists. The logic seems simple enough: Sure, logging unleashes planet-warming carbon into the air, but that can be replaced with new trees that suck carbon back out of the air.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 22, 2021

Aviation is plotting a sustainable course Joel Makower Mon, 03/22/2021 – 00:05 This article originally appeared in the State of Green Business 2021. Modern aviation had never seen a year like 2020. And it begs the question: Can sustainable aviation finally get off the ground? You can download the entire report here.

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

Early pioneers of these hydrogen-from-waste technologies such as Ways2H, SGH2 Energy (SGH2) and Standard Hydrogen say not only are they making carbon-free, energy-rich fuel, their approaches also will divert mountains of trash from landfills and waterways, cutting greenhouse gas emissions. . There are other ways to make hydrogen.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2022

Holyrood reveals the six islands have signed up to Carbon Neutral Islands project, which aims to reach net zero emissions 10 years ahead of the rest of the UK. Could some of the UK's most remote communities show the rest of the country how to build a net zero emission economy?

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2021

Cars, buses, trucks, scooters and even planes are going electric, and Britain needs an electricity grid able to cope with it, writes Onward's Ted Christie-Miller. While surface transport emissions are currently at the same rate as they were thirty years ago, aviation emissions have soared by 86 per cent in this timeframe.

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Business Green

JANUARY 28, 2020

The initiative is the aviation firm’s latest attempt to green its operations, while controversy over plans to construct a third runway rumbles on. A new Flight Footprint Calculator accessible through heathrow.com will make it easy for passengers to calculate and offset the carbon footprint of their journey, the firm said.

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CleanTech San Diego

OCTOBER 7, 2022

San Diego International Airport (SAN) has achieved the highest level of certification under the Airports Council International’s Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) program – Level 4+ ‘Transition.’ . Airport Carbon Accreditation is the only institutionally endorsed, global carbon management certification program for airports.

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Business Green

JUNE 23, 2020

The UK should direct policy and investment towards synthetic, low carbon jet fuels as part of its green recovery package, argues author and energy expert Chris Goodall. Some parts of this transition to low carbon energy have a more obvious route. Some parts of this transition to low carbon energy have a more obvious route.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The news follows criticism from the government’s own climate advisers that the country’s recently-announced net zero strategy excludes measures to tackle aviation growth, an increasing source of emissions. carbon budget if left unchecked.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 18, 2022

This low-carbon image is out of step with the reality of fleet production figures – both current and projected – which reveal a business model out of step wedded to sales of fossil-fuel powered vehicles. These sales fall far below the 70 percent of car adverts that promoted lower-carbon electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles.

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Business Green

JULY 9, 2020

The move shows the efforts that Amazon is willing to go to eke out carbon emissions across its vast network of planes, vehicles and distribution centers that deliver on-demand goods across the globe. Amazon has pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, and says it will make sure half of Amazon shipments are net-zero by 2030.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The global peak in oil consumption may already be past us, according to a new report from Carbon Tracker — and China and India's rapid transition to low carbon transport is the reason why. Credit: Carbon Tracker). The situation in India is a little more complicated, Carbon Tracker's Bond noted.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Airlines should already be running as net zero emissions businesses, using a combination of energy efficient processes and carbon offsets to achieve their climate goals, according to the first man to circumnavigate the world in a solar-powered aeroplane. They could be carbon neutral today.". The revolution is on," he added.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2021

Phill Davies, Co-Founder of Magway, a UK firm behind a new form of e-commerce and freight delivery system, believes the transition to electric vehicles won’t be enough to secure needed emissions reductions for sectors such as logistics, and offers a few thoughts on alternative approaches. Sustainable aviation fuels.

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Green Market Oracle

JUNE 14, 2020

Prior to the crisis the industry was forecasting continued growth in global air traffic and looking to innovate air travel to simultaneously meet the demand for travel while reducing carbon emissions. This questions run the gamut from containment and prevention to green technology and support for carbon neutral air travel.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 28, 2024

The strategic plan for Horizon Europe for 2025-2027 sets out the overarching driver for the climate, energy and mobility ‘cluster’ to achieve a fair transition to climate neutrality and build resilience in the EU by 2050.

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Business Green

AUGUST 10, 2021

EasyJet said the new uniform is part of the airline's broader commitments to reducing its environmental impact beyond carbon offsetting and cutting its on-board plastic waste. "We We know that sustainability is an important issue for them and also for our customers.

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Business Green

MAY 14, 2020

Prime Minister says commitment to net zero transition is 'undiminished' and tells MPs the aviation sector should look to curb CO2 emissions once flights resume, as pressure mounts on EU for green stimulus package. Aviation like every other sector must keep its carbon lower.". we need to entrench those gains," Johnson said. "I

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 3, 2023

The Tank-up of Tomorrow Transportation accounts for ~16% of global GHG emissions , and while passenger vehicles have likely gone the way of EVs, cleaning up the remaining 55% of hard-to-decarbonize aviation, heavy ground transport, and maritime shipping is still—well, hard! Engines are optimized for fossil fuels.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Ride sharing platforms Uber and Cabify, aviation firms JetBlue and Boom Supersonic, and electric vehicle start-up Rivian have this week signed up to the Climate Pledge, bringing the total number of companies to have backed Amazon's corporate climate initiative to 18.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

Kyoto Protocol agreed to use as a benchmark for their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and 2050, the year many countries set as their target for carbon net zero. Wind power contributed 25% of electricity generation, with bioenergy providing 13% and nuclear 16%. … while a lot has changed, not much has changed.

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