Sustainable Aviation Test Environment

可持续航空测试环境

• 批准号: 75903
• 金额: $ 221.52万
• 依托单位: HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS AIRPORTS LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=75903
• 关键词: Sustainable; Aviation; Test; Environment

This Orkney Island -based, innovative project will create the UK's first low-carbon aviation test environment, based at a licenced island airport with all year round scheduled air service operations to UK, and regular off-shore oil and gas helicopter traffic. The Sustainable Aviation Test Environment (SATE) will be a UK first and, should one or more of the new aviation technologies be adopted for island use, it will also help improve the quality of life of the communities it serves (through job creation, improved access to education and healthcare, etc.). The SATE will place the UK at the vanguard of the adoption of next-generation aircraft, and spearheading aviation's response to climate change.The continued demand for aviation services (air passenger numbers on the 11 HIAL airport network have increased by 33% in the last 10 years) , is at odds with the effects of an international climate emergency. We need to rapidly decarbonise the aviation sector to reconcile these competing imperatives and to reduce the carbon footprint of air travellers.Indeed, if aviation is to be used as a means to improve the quality of life and maintain or grow the population of remote and rural communities, then the options for the appropriate sustainable aviation technologies must be explored.The options include the following:* aircraft (with electric, hydrogen, or synthetic fuel replacing conventional fossil fuels),* changes to the physical airport infrastructure to support the adopted technologies, and transport to the airport* green energy supply for terminal buildings and ground operations,* necessary digital networks for resilient communication between airport and aircraft (particularly UAVs).Kirkwall Airport is one of an 11-airport, regional airport group, operated by **HIAL** - who are project lead -, and is particularly suited as a test environment location due to the variety of routes it offers which include: short hops to the inter- islands airfields, eg Westray - best known for being one of the two airports joined by the shortest scheduled flight in the world -, and operated by **Orkney Island Council.** In addition there are regular air services to Aberdeen, Edinburgh & Glasgow, with a summer service to Norway. The project team includes technology developers who will be test ready during the 18 months of this project phase: **Ampaire**, **ZeroAvia**, **Windracers**, **Flarebright** and **Loganair**.Orkney provides options to fly over water, in a challenging environment & climate, for real-world application testing of the technologies. Decarbonisation of the airport, as part of this project, is important to the Orkney community, which is an exemplar early-adopter for other low-carbon technology, and are leaders in decarbonisation, lead by one of the SATE project members, Orkney-based **EMEC**. This test environment offers a number of integrated energy-system opportunities providing significant wider impacts for potential adoption at other regional airports, which is a focus of team member **HITRANS**. The supply chain and future business opportunity interests are represented by Caithness-based battery manufacturers - **Denchi Group** and Orkney-based **Cloudnet ,**specialists in providing digital services for poorly served rural communities. The people skills necessary to support the development, testing and maintenance of the new technologies are of interest to project team members - **Air Training Services** and the **UHI**. If successful, this project should stimulate inward investment and local supply chain business opportunities in this remote part of the UK, a key responsibility for **Highlands & Islands Enterprise.**Local community acceptance of new aircraft technology, especially on lifeline services, and the potential impact on their local economy and wellbeing will also be measured, and a local community engagement programme is key to this projects success.

这个位于奥克尼岛的创新项目将创造英国首个低碳航空测试环境，该项目位于一个有执照的岛屿机场，全年定期提供飞往英国的航空服务，并定期提供海上石油和天然气直升机运输。可持续航空测试环境（SATE）将是英国的第一个，如果一种或多种新的航空技术被用于岛屿使用，它还将有助于提高其服务的社区的生活质量（通过创造就业机会，改善教育和医疗保健等）。SATE将使英国成为采用下一代飞机的先锋，并引领航空业应对气候变化。对航空服务的持续需求（在过去10年中，11个HIAL机场网络的航空乘客数量增加了33%）与国际气候紧急情况的影响不一致。我们需要迅速实现航空业的脱碳，以协调这些相互竞争的需求，并减少航空旅客的碳足迹。事实上，如果要将航空作为提高生活质量、维持或增加偏远和农村社区人口的手段，那么必须探索适当的可持续航空技术的选择。这些选择包括以下几点：* 飞机（以电力、氢气或合成燃料取代传统化石燃料），* 改变机场的物理基础设施以支持所采用的技术，以及向机场提供运输 * 为航站楼和地面操作提供绿色能源，* 必要的数字网络，以便在机场和飞机之间进行灵活的通信柯克沃尔机场是由 **HIAL** 运营的11个机场之一，HIAL是项目领导者，并且由于其提供的多种路线而特别适合作为测试环境位置，所述路线包括：短跳到岛间机场，如韦斯特雷-最有名的是两个机场之一，加入了世界上最短的定期航班-和经营 ** 奥克尼岛理事会 **。此外，还有定期航班飞往阿伯丁、爱丁堡和格拉斯哥，夏季有飞往挪威的航班。项目团队包括技术开发人员，他们将在本项目阶段的18个月内做好测试准备：**Ampaire**、**ZeroAvia**、**Windracers**、**Flarebright** 和 **Loganair**。奥克尼提供在具有挑战性的环境和气候中飞越水面的选项，用于技术的实际应用测试。作为该项目的一部分，机场的脱碳对奥克尼社区很重要，奥克尼社区是其他低碳技术的早期采用者，并且是脱碳的领导者，由SATE项目成员之一，奥克尼的 **EMEC** 领导。该测试环境提供了许多集成能源系统的机会，为其他地区机场的潜在采用提供了更广泛的影响，这是团队成员 **HITRANS** 的重点。供应链和未来的商业机会利益由位于凯斯内斯的电池制造商 **Denchi Group** 和位于奥克尼的 **Cloudnet ** 代表，后者是为服务较差的农村社区提供数字服务的专家。支持新技术的开发、测试和维护所需的人员技能是项目团队成员- ** 空中培训服务 ** 和 **UHI** 感兴趣的。如果成功，该项目将刺激英国偏远地区的外来投资和当地供应链商机，这是 ** 高地和岛屿企业的关键责任。还将衡量当地社区对新飞机技术的接受程度，特别是对生命线服务的接受程度，以及对当地经济和福祉的潜在影响，当地社区参与计划是该项目成功的关键。