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Orkney to Become Sustainable Aviation Test Environment Written by AZoCleantechJan 20 2021 Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) has embarked on a £3.7 million project to develop a sustainable aviation programme that could transform short flight travel between remote communities. Scale of Flarebright Snapshot aerial camera 1 (Credit FlareBright) Part funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, the SATE (Sustainable Aviation Test Environment) project will create the UK's first operationally-based, low-carbon aviation test centre at HIAL�...

Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Part funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, the SATE (Sustainable Aviation Test Environment) project will create the UK's first operationally-based, low-carbon aviation test centre at HIAL’s Kirkwall Airport in the Orkney Islands. It will operate for an 18-month period and has been launched as part of UKRI’s Future Flight Challenge, which supports the development of greener ways to fly. The programme will test different types of low-carbon aircraft to identify the next generation of air services, as...

Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) has embarked on a £3.7m project to develop a sustainable aviation programme, through which it will explore hydrogen, electric...