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18-Mar-2010 SustainAvia invited to speak at the 3rd Annual Eco-Aviation Conference in Washington D.C. in June 2010
07-Mar-2010 VerifAvia, a verification body of greenhouse gas for the aviation sector, has been established
07-Mar-2010 The Eurocontrol tool for small emitters is in process of approval
In The Press
28-Jun-2010 IATA criticizes lack of progress on volcanic ash issues in Europe [ATW]
28-Jan-2010 The solid business case for cutting carbon emissions [BusinessDay]
06-Dec-2009 The implications of the EU's ETS [Aircraft Commerce]
11-Oct-2010 ICAO members reach historic agreement on climate change [ATW]
12-Aug-2010 In a critical year for the Aviation EU ETS, European emissions fall in first half of 2010 compared to 2009 [GreenAir Online]
09-Aug-2010 EU ETS fears slow down aviation verification process [Flight International]
Overview
CleanSky is the most ambitious aeronautical research programme ever launched in Europe. Its mission is to develop breakthrough technologies to significantly increase the environmental performances of airplanes and air transport, resulting in less noisy and more fuel efficient aircraft, hence bringing a key contribution in achieving the Single European Sky environmental objectives.
The CleanSky JTI (Joint Technology Initiative) was born in 2008 and is one of the largest European research projects ever, with a budget estimated at €1.6 billion, equally shared between the European Commission and industry, over the period 2008 - 2013. The objective of this unique public-private partnership is to speed up technological breakthrough developments and shorten the time to market for new solutions tested on Full Scale Demonstrators.
Considering that aircraft have a 30-year service life and that new aviation design takes more than a decade to develop, the accelerated research process that CleanSky offers represents an unprecedented opportunity for rapid progress in the introduction of green technology into aviation.
CleanSky will demonstrate and validate the technology breakthroughs that are necessary to make major steps towards the environmental goals sets by ACARE - Advisory Concil for Aeronautics Research in Europe - the European Technology Platform for Aeronautics & Air Transport and to be reached in 2020:
- 50% reduction of CO2 emissions through drastic reduction of fuel consumption
- 80% reduction of NOx (nitrogen oxide) emissions
- 50% reduction of external noise
- A green product life cycle: design, manufacturing, maintenance and disposal / recycling
CleanSky encourages the participation of SMEs such as SustainAvia to ensure their full involvement in the programme, therefore offering opportunities to the entire aeronautic supply chain from all EU Member States and Associated countries.
From ACARE goals to Technology Domains
In order to address the ACARE environmental objectives, a number of technology domains have been defined and will constitute the scope of the Clean Sky programme.
From Technology Domains to Integrated Technology Demonstrators
All those technology domains have been integrated within Clean Sky into 6 Demonstrators, the ITDs (Integrated Technology Demonstrators) and one Technology Evaluator.
Funding
Clean Sky JTI was born in 2008 with a budget of € 1.6 billion, contributed to on a 50/50 basis by the Commission (in cash) and the aeronautical industry (in-kind contribution). ITD Leaders commit up to 50%, Associates members up to 25% and Partners (through Call for Proposals) a minimum of 25%.
