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Archer Aviation and NASA collaborate to advance eVTOL technologies

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California-based Archer Aviation , a developer of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, has a Space Act Agreement with NASA for a joint project that will initially focus on studying high-performance battery cells and safety testing for applications in the fields of advanced air mobility (AAM) and space.

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Amazon aims to clean up aviation

GreenBiz

Amazon aims to clean up aviation. The aviation sector in a pandemic has 99 problems. And if you look at the aviation industry's historical pledges to add in bio-based jet fuels, before the pandemic, it's fallen woefully short. DHL Express is using Neste's sustainable aviation fuel at SFO. . Katie Fehrenbacher. Logisitics.

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ZeroAvia Launches Electric and Hydrogen Aviation Components Offering as Manufacturing Plans Revealed

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Clean aviation innovator seeks to expand addressable market for full engine systems and capitalize on strong OEM interest in its leading fuel cell, power electronics, compressor and electric motor technology.

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Aviation is plotting a sustainable course

GreenBiz

Aviation is plotting a sustainable course. 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. Joel Makower. Mon, 03/22/2021 - 00:05.

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UK aviation sets sights on net zero by 2040

Envirotec Magazine

A new “Jet Zero Strategy” seemingly commits UK domestic aviation to achieving net zero emissions by 2040, and for all airports in England to be zero-emission by the same year. Aviation is currently responsible for around 2.5% Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said: “We want 2019 to be remembered as the peak year for aviation emissions.

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IATA | Aviation Net-Zero CO2 Transition Pathways

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The aviation industry took the momentous decision to reach net zero CO2 emissions in 2021, followed by ICAO member states in 2022. To achieve this ambition, a basket of measures that covers aviation energy transition, aircraft technology breakthrough, operational.

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Hydrogen in aviation report anticipates widespread deployment in the 2030s

Envirotec Magazine

New fuels and technologies will account for between one half and three-quarters of the reduction of carbon emissions in aviation by 2050, according to a new report from sustainable development consultancy Arup and gas distribution network Wales and West Utilities (WWU).

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