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20 Jan 2021

Aerospace

SATE project set to bring sustainability to short routes

Low carbon aircraft are to fly on short routes in Scotland as part of SATE (Sustainable Aviation Test Environment), a project that could transform travel between remote communities.

Part-funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, the £3.7m SATE project will create the UK's first operationally-based, low-carbon aviation test centre at Highlands and Islands Airports Limited’s (HIAL) Kirkwall Airport in the Orkney Islands.

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Different types of low-carbon aircraft will be tested over 18-months to identify the next generation of air services as well as the operational airport infrastructure necessary to support sustainable aviation.

Led by HIAL, the SATE project brings together a consortium of aviation industry specialists, local Orkney and Caithness businesses, public sector bodies and academia. SATE’s technology partners - Ampaire, ZeroAvia, Loganair, Windracers and Flarebright - will trial a host of new transport options. This will include testing low-carbon aircraft using electric, hydrogen or Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF), as well as drone applications for supplying on-demand medical supplies to health centres.

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