Sustainability of Hybrid-Electric Aircraft System Architectures

Electric and hybrid-electric aircraft are expected to disruptively change aviation in the next decades. Potential benefits in terms of noise, emissions and flexibility drive a huge amount of ambitious R&D activities to overcome technological challenges on energy storage, supply and transmission. However, the full life cycle impact of future electric/hybrid aircraft technologies has not yet been addressed sufficiently. Sustainability of materials, processes and resources, efficiency of manufacture and production, lifetime services, as well as the end of life challenge need to be analyzed to evaluate competitive value and environmental impact of electric/hybrid aircraft from a full lifetime perspective. This topic intends to set-up a basic “LCI/LCA-hub” in the European aviation industry to ensure continuity and harmonization for the collection of Live Cycle Inventory (LCI) and Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) as reference related to future electric/hybrid aircraft according to eco-DESIGN Standards. A 50 pax