Clean Aviation for a Competitive Green Recovery in Europe
, heard on 22 April 2021.
Axel Krein is the Executive Director of Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking.
The path ahead is a major challenge, but if we take an ambitious, moon-shot approach, and leverage the required huge research and development efforts, then I believe we can achieve our goal of climate neutrality in aviation by 2050.
The European Commissioner for Transport, Adina Vălean, brought a hopeful message with her as she addressed the audience. She recognised that “we are faced with a formidable challenge” but said that “recovery is a primary focus; and this recovery is an opportunity to shape the future of the aviation sector. It is clear that a much more radical path must be taken. If we want to reach climate neutrality by 2050 we have to start now with the technology developments for carbon-neutral aircraft.”
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Technology is by far the most important overall factor for cutting carbon emissions, embracing both aircraft and engine technology and sustainable aviation fuels.
Aircraft/engine technology: upcoming aircraft and future aircraft
Aircraft/engine technology improvements includes both evolutionary change to upcoming aircraft (i.e. aircraft models already available or in the pipeline that are more efficient than most of the installed fleet) and next generation future aircraft types.
The modelling envisages that upcoming aircraft reduce emissions by between 15% and 25% over previous generation aircraft, and that future aircraft reduce emissions by between 30% and 50% compared to upcoming aircraft.
A hydrogen-powered single aisle aircraft, modelled to be introduced in 2035, would have zero carbon emissions.