The Sustainable Aviation Fuel Cafe Series presents you with a selection of speakers at the forefront of developing technologies and solutions to produce SAF. Find out about the latest developments and get connected with new collaborators. The UK Government is committed to delivering at least 10% of SAF in the UK aviation fuel mix by […]
Registration is open for the first NWTF Corrections Workshop titled Wind Tunnel Corrections for Facility Operators and Customers. Date: 13th December 2023 Location: City, University of London Hosts: Prof Andrew Rae, Prof Simon Prince, Dr Doug Greenwell and Dr Chetan Jagadeesh Aim: To ensure that small wind tunnel facilities and customers have full awareness of […]
Bringing together over 500 global players from industry, academia, government, investors and NGOs from across the supply chain. Sustainable aviation fuel is part of the solution to deliver cleaner aviation and this conference aims to consolidate all the elements to drive production and commercialisation. The focus of this conference is sustainable alternatives to Jet A/A1 […]
World-first transatlantic flight using sustainable aviation fuel takes off | News | The University of Sheffield A historic transatlantic flight using 100 per cent sustainable aviation fuel has taken off on 28th November 2023 with the help of engineers from the University of Sheffield. See the link for more details.
‘UK-ARC member the University of Sheffield is a key player in the quest to identify and scale UK Sustainable Aviation Fuels. As the UK’s SAF Clearing House is hosted by the university’s Translational Energy Research Centre (TERC), it is centre stage in helping to remove barriers to new fuels coming to market. TERC’s director, Prof […]
The November COP 28 meeting in the Dubai considered aviation and its 2050 net zero ambitions with ICAO presentations on fuels and an interim emissions reduction goal. Plotting the route viable low carbon solutions for aviation requires strong research inputs. The University of Cambridge’s Whittle Laboratory was engaged in COP28 roundtable discussions focused upon the […]
Imperial College London’s Department of Aeronautics has opened its new Hiru N Patel Supersonic Wind Tunnel for high-speed airflow, that will allow students and researchers to carry out fundamental and applied studies of airflow at speeds in the transonic (close to the speed of sound) and supersonic (greater than the speed of sound) ranges. The […]
A delegation of 30 experts from Swedish academia and industry, attended a research collaboration workshop at Cranfield at the beginning of March. Swedish experts from the Swedish Aerospace Research Centre (SARC) and about 30 members from across the UK-ARC consortium and funders joined with industry representatives to present an overview of their aerospace work. Everyone […]
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A consortium involving Strathclyde researchers that will deliver what will be the UK’s first medical distribution network using drones has secured £10.1 million in funding from the Future Flight Challenge at UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). It is the second successful round of funding for the CAELUS (Care & Equity – Healthcare Logistics UAS Scotland) […]