erster Inlandsflug: Wichtiger Meilenstein für grüne Transformation / Foto: Danfoss
Sønderborg Airport has become the first Danish airport to launch an electric aircraft on a domestic route. On 11 July, a 100% electrically powered aircraft from Beta Technologies completed the route from Sønderborg to Copenhagen.
Tanja Have, Managing Director of the GOTO Sønderborg Foundation, sees the premiere as a decisive step: “We are proud that Sønderborg has been chosen to show that Denmark and Europe are ready to take a significant step towards more environmentally friendly flying. It is important for Sønderborg’s ProjectZero to continue to lead the way in the green transition. This test flight confirms Sønderborg’s role as a global leader in energy efficiency and electrification.”
ProjectZero, the climate protection programme launched by the municipality of Sønderborg in 2007, has reduced energy-related CO₂ emissions by 69 percent since its inception and is aiming for climate neutrality by 2029. As a founding partner, Danfoss is supporting the initiative by investing in efficiency and electrification projects. The International Energy Agency (IEA) named Sønderborg the ‘Global Capital of Energy Efficiency’, as these measures account for around a third of all savings.
Global framework conditions and outlook: According to the IEA, the share of electricity in global final energy consumption must increase to 50 per cent by 2050 in order to achieve climate neutrality. Against this backdrop, Jürgen Mads Clausen, Chairman Emeritus of Danfoss and co-initiator of ProjectZero, emphasises: “We believe that we will have the battery technology for larger commercial electric aircraft within the next ten years. The transition to electric flight depends on further breakthroughs – particularly in batteries and lightweight materials. I don’t see this as a one-off breakthrough, but as the beginning of a new era. But just as with electric cars, it’s important to be ready once the development gets going. Once the technology matures, it will happen very quickly.”
According to Beta Technologies, the ALIA CTOL emits around 84 per cent less CO₂ compared to a conventional helicopter with a combustion engine. The CTOL (Conventional Takeoff and Landing) and VTOL (Vertical Takeoff and Landing) variants are designed for regional and urban transport as well as passenger and freight transport and are currently being manufactured in Burlington, Vermont, USA.
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