Clean Sky calls for rapid investment in aerospace R&D to meet net zero emissions goal

Clean Sky executive director Axel Krein said (24-Feb-2021) time is of the essence if European aviation is to meet its goal of net zero emission by 2050. The Clean Sky project is investigating a wide range of different technologies that could make climate neutrality a reality said Mr Krein, although "a lot more work must be done before those technologies are market-ready, and the time has come to ramp up our green aviation research activities". He cautioned that in order to reach zero-emission by 2050, new technologies and aircraft products "cannot only start to enter the market by 2040 or 2045", calling for an investment of EUR12 billion in R&D. This could subsequently trigger aircraft manufacturers to invest a further EUR50 billion to develop new aircraft types. [more - original PR]