Credit: Wideroe
Wideroe’s route network exemplifies
the opportunity for all-electric commercial airline service: A flight from the Norwegian regional airline’s operational headquarters in Bodo to Leknes in the Lofoten Islands is shorter than 100 km (62 mi.). Another flight from Vardo to Tromso in northern Norway stops in Batsfjord, Berlevag and Hammerfest on the way with some legs just about 30 mi.
“Seventy-five percent of the routes we fly in this network are shorter than 300 km, and more than 50% [are] shorter than 200 km,” says Wideroe Chief Strategy Officer Andreas Aks. “Many are even shorter. It is a huge network with many very short routes.”
https://www.afinalwarning.com/507659.html (Natural News) Rolls-Royce announced on March 11 that it teamed up with Italian aeronautics manufacturer Tecnam and Norwegian airline Wideroe to make an all-electric passenger airplane that would be ready for service by 2026. Rolls-Royce, the world’s second-biggest manufacturer of aircraft engines, joined the project as part of a broader effort to become carbon neutral.
“Electrification will help us deliver our ambition to enable the markets in which we operate to achieve net-zero carbon by 2050,” Rob Watson, director of Rolls-Royce Electrical, said in a press release.
“This collaboration strengthens our existing relationships with Tecnam and Wideroe as we look to explore what is needed to deliver an all-electric passenger aircraft for the commuter market.”
NASA hosts virtual symposium on rise of commercial space
Free online events March 17, 18, 19, 25 examine the meaning, context of commercial space industry.
From activities in low-Earth orbit to NASA’s Artemis program, the commercial space industry has emerged as an innovator in areas of space access, commerce, and exploration. To address the growth of commercial space over the past decades and inform the relationship between government and industry for the future, NASA will host a virtual event Wednesday, March 17, through Friday, March 19, with a final session Thursday, March 25.
NASA and the Rise of Commercial Space: A Symposium Examining the Definition(s) and Context(s) of Commercial Space will address such topics as legal and entrepreneurial frameworks, advancements during the space shuttle era, and new trajectories, while examining the historical context surrounding questions such as “How will humanity explore the moon and Mars?” and, more fundamentally, how to define c
The race to develop the first green airplane is heating up. Rolls-Royce and Italian planemaker Tecnam announced a new partnership with Scandinavian regional airline Widerøe to develop a fully electric passenger plane. While a number of legacy companies and startups are working on electric flight, what’s notable about the new partnership is its ambitious timeframe: …