Dock to Dock (D2D) Hydrogen eVTOL Freight Transportation

Dock-to-Dock（“D2 D”）是一个试点项目，重点是路线开发，车辆性能（空中和海上）和相关基础设施（“智能多端口”）的综合方面。这些基础知识对于使用eVTOL飞机（电动垂直起降）和eAZE船舶（电动自主零排放）的零排放氢燃料技术在沿海城市之间进行点对点货物和货运交付是必要的。Neoptera Aero Ltd、Smart Ports Ltd、卡迪夫大学和布里斯托尔西英格兰大学正在开发具有所需氢（“H2”）地面基础设施的智能多端口（SMP）和D2 D应用的概念，最初用于通过eVTOL运输高达500 kg的货物/货物，以在布里斯托Avonmouth码头和卡迪夫码头之间运行，Wales.D2D将展示一种具有商业竞争力的替代沿海城市之间地面运输的方法，使用无人驾驶的有翼eVTOL快速运输高价值货物。体积大和对时间不太敏感的货物的运输将在eAZE船舶。D 2 D将卸载斯旺西、卡迪夫、布里斯托和布里奇沃特等港口之间已经饱和的地面交通网络。随着进一步发展，D2 D及其SMP基础设施可能成为布里斯托、卡迪夫和斯旺西机场的绿色H2的主要供应商，因为空客和劳斯莱斯等商用飞机设计师正在竞相开发氢动力次区域飞机。该基础设施将包括整个系统的系统，用于港口之间的自主空中和海上操作。D2 D的目标是重新调整港口基础设施的用途，使其成为未来智慧城市的重要组成部分，以实现零排放和节能，综合和可持续的交通解决方案。D2 D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。世界上40%的人口居住在海岸线60英里以内，沿海地区的平均人口密度约为世界平均人口密度的两倍，世界上17个最大的城市中有14个位于沿海地区。随着沿海地区人口密度和经济活动的增加，陆上运输系统的压力也在增加。英国有120个商业海港，占欧盟所有港口的10%。英国有296个小型到大型机场，其中40个处理商业航空公司。相比之下，欧盟有4，649个中小型机场。目前，英国只有11个商业加氢站（HRS），斯温登以西没有，只有一个位于威尔士巴格兰的实验性HRS，由南威尔士大学运营。欧盟已经有177个公共HRS，另有43个正在建设中。德国、法国、意大利、挪威和西班牙正在为氢的开发和使用分配大量的财政和研发资源，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零排放目标，迫切需要更多的HRS。D2 D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接入。该项目与威尔士政府、Western-Gateway Powerhouse、WECA以及英格兰和威尔士西部的各种绿色氢生产来源（核能、潮汐能、海上风能和生物质能）牵头的倡议相结合，将促进英国向世界各地出口其技术诀窍。

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.