Dock to Dock (D2D) Hydrogen eVTOL Freight Transportation

码头到码头(“D2D”)是一个试验性项目，专注于路线开发、车辆性能(空中和海上)和相关基础设施(“智能多港口”)的综合方面。这些基础知识对于沿海城市之间使用零排放氢燃料技术的货物和货物的点对点运输是必要的，这些技术适用于eVTOL飞机(电动垂直起降)和Eaze船舶(电动自主零排放)。Neoptera Aero Ltd、Smart Ports Ltd、加的夫大学和英国西部大学布里斯托尔分校正在开发智能多端口(SMP)和D2D应用程序的概念，以及所需的氢气(H2)地面基础设施，最初用于通过eVTOL运输高达500公斤的货物/货物，以在布里斯托尔的埃文茅斯码头和Wales的加的夫码头之间运行。D2D将展示一种具有商业竞争力的沿海城市之间地面运输的替代方案，使用无人驾驶的有翼eVTOL快速运输高价值货物。笨重和对时间不那么敏感的货物将在Eaze船上运输。D2D将剥离斯旺西、加的夫、布里斯托尔和布里奇沃特等港口之间已经饱和的地面交通网络。随着空中客车(Airbus)和劳斯莱斯(Roll Royce)等商用飞机设计师竞相开发氢动力次支线飞机，D2D及其SMP基础设施可能成为布里斯托尔、加的夫和斯旺西机场绿色H2的主要供应商。这一基础设施将包括港口之间自主空中和海上作业的整个系统。D2D的目标是将港口基础设施重新定位为未来智能城市的重要组成部分，以推动其实现零排放和节能、综合和可持续的交通解决方案。D2D专注于已经拥有与海上贸易相关的基础设施的特定路线开发，可以解决特定的车辆参数和H2空中和海上加油的地面基础设施。世界40%的人口居住在距离海岸60英里的范围内，沿海地区的平均人口密度大约是世界平均人口密度的两倍，全球最大的17个城市中有14个位于沿海。随着沿海地区人口密度和经济活动的增加，陆上运输系统面临的压力也越来越大。英国有120个商业海港，占欧盟所有港口的10%。英国有296个大大小小的机场，其中40个是商业航空公司。相比之下，欧盟有4649个中小型机场。目前，英国只有11个商业氢气加气站(HRS)，斯温登以西没有一个，在威尔士巴格兰只有一个试验性的氢气加气站，由南威尔士大学运营。欧盟已经有177个公共人力资源中心，另有43个正在建设中。德国、法国、意大利、挪威和西班牙正在拨出大量资金和研发资源用于氢气的开发和使用，以努力实现气候变化目标和零排放。至关重要的是，如果英国要通过在供暖、工业、发电和运输中生产和使用氢气来实现其零排放目标，就迫切需要更多的HRS。D2D项目和SMP基础设施的开发将使英格兰西南部和威尔士的HRS成为可能。该项目与威尔士政府、West-Gateway Powerhouse、WECA以及英格兰西部和威尔士的各种绿色氢气生产来源(核能、潮汐、离岸风能和生物质)的倡议相结合，将促进英国将其技术诀窍出口到世界各地。

Dock-to-Dock ("D2D") is a pilot project focused on the combined aspects of route development, vehicle performance (air & sea) and the associated infrastructure ("Smart-Multiports"). These basics are necessary for the point-to-point delivery of goods and freight between coastal cities using zero emission Hydrogen fuel technology for eVTOL aircraft (electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing) and eAZE ships (electric Autonomous Zero Emission). Neoptera Aero Ltd, Smart Ports Ltd, Cardiff University and the University of the West of England, Bristol are developing the concept of Smart-Multiports (SMP) and D2D applications with the Hydrogen ("H2") ground infrastructure required, initially for the transport of freight/cargo of up to 500kg by eVTOL, to operate between Avonmouth Docks, Bristol and Cardiff Docks, Wales.D2D will demonstrate a commercially competitive alternative to ground transportation between coastal cities, with the use of unmanned winged eVTOL for the fast transport of high value goods. The transportation of bulky and less time-sensitive goods will be in eAZE ships. D2D will offload the already saturated ground transportation network between ports such as Swansea, Cardiff, Bristol and Bridgewater. With further development, D2D and its SMP infrastructure could be a major supplier of Green H2 to Bristol, Cardiff and Swansea airports, as commercial aircraft designers such as Airbus and Roll Royce race to develop Hydrogen-powered sub-regional aircraft. This infrastructure will encompass the entire System of Systems for autonomous air and marine operations between ports. The objective of D2D is to repurpose port infrastructures to be an essential component of future Smart Cities in their drive towards zero emissions and energy efficient, integrated and sustainable transportation solutions. Focusing upon a specific route development that already has infrastructure associated with maritime trade, D2D can address specific vehicle parameters and the ground-based infrastructure for H2 air and marine refuelling. 40% of the world's population lives within 60mile of the coast, with the average population density in coastal areas about twice the world's average population density, and 14 of the world's 17 largest cities are on coasts. As population density and economic activity in coastal zone increases, so does pressures on land-based transport systems.There are 120 commercial seaports in the UK representing 10% of all EU ports. The UK has 296 small-to-large size airports of which 40 handle commercial carriers. Comparatively, the EU has 4,649 small & medium airports.Presently, there are only 11 commercial Hydrogen Refuelling Stations (HRS) in the UK, and none West of Swindon, with only one experimental HRS in Wales at Baglan, run by University of South Wales. The EU already has 177 public HRS's, with another 43 in immediate construction. Germany, France, Italy, Norway and Spain are allotting significant financial and R&D resources to the development and use of Hydrogen in their efforts to meet climate change goals and zero emissions. Critically, many more HRS are urgently needed if the UK is to meet its zero emissions targets through the production and use of Hydrogen in heating, industry, power generation and transport. The D2D project and development of the SMP infrastructure will bring access to HRS in the South West of England and Wales. This project, in conjunction with initiatives lead by the Welsh Government, Western-Gateway Powerhouse, WECA and various West of England & Wales Green Hydrogen production sources (Nuclear, Tidal, Offshore wind, and biomass), will facilitate the UK to export its know-how around the world.