Aviation is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Commercial flights in the United States emit around 805 million metric tonnes of CO2 per year. This accounts for around 2%Continue Reading
Some believe that electric aircraft are certainly the future, while others believe it is all nonsense. What truly inspires confidence, though, is when large names in the aviation business beginContinue Reading
Pratt & Whitney Canada, a self-proclaimed “global leader in the design, production, and servicing of aviation and helicopter engines and auxiliary power units,” has struck an agreement to co-develop hybrid-electricContinue Reading
Rolls-Royce’s Spirit of Innovation electric airplane just broke the all-electric top speed record, flying at 384.4 miles per hour. That is, if the flight is approved and the record isContinue Reading
Eviation Aircraft, which is developing and manufacturing efficient electric aircraft with the goal of making electric aviation a competitive and sustainable alternative to the current aircraft is one step closerContinue Reading
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) recently announced the release of funding to several organizations working on electric aircraft. Electric aviation, especially for large passenger andContinue Reading
NASA is gearing up to begin tests on the X-57 Maxwell, the space agency’s first aircraft to be powered entirely by electricity. For now, the X-57 will remain safely groundedContinue Reading
Carbon Footprint Ltd. has launched a competition to encourage sustainable passenger flight. It has created the Freedom Flight Prize, a competition focused on crossing the Atlantic Ocean 100% powered byContinue Reading
