Sustainability and Environment

NLR Pipistrel at Rotterdam The Hague Airport
Sustainability and Environment

21 December 2023

Renewed cooperation for cleaner, quieter and smarter flying

Last Thursday at the RHIA Take-off Event, a renewed cooperation undertaking was signed. Over the coming year, the RHIA community will be emphasising six projects. The regional governments, the municipalities of Rotterdam and The Hague, and the province of Zuid-Holland are all behind the new course that the cooperative venture will take. After four years of […]
NLR Marknesse - June 2018
Sustainability and Environment

03 November 2023

NLR and ROGER are developing a production and testing facility for green hydrogen

NLR and ROGER have signed an agreement to establish a small-scale hydrogen production and testing facility at NLR’s Marknesse location. Both partners share the vision that green hydrogen will emerge as a versatile and clean alternative to fossil fuels for mobility and heavy machinery. The combined production and testing facility enables ROGER, NLR, and external parties […]
Electric Aircraft System Integration EnableR (EASIER)
Platform System Design

20 September 2023

R&D case: Electric Aircraft System Integration EnableR (EASIER)

To reduce the impact of aviation on the climate, the aviation industry needs to develop solutions that drastically reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. Hybrid electric flight is one of the cornerstones of our progress towards sustainable aviation. However, the significantly increased electric power levels associated with having electric propulsion on board yield both thermal and […]
Sustainability and Environment

24 August 2023

How to make climate-optimal flying more attractive?

NLR has completed the European research project on non-CO2 climate effects of aviation. This endeavor has yielded a large number of recommendations aimed at increasing the likelihood for stakeholders to implement operational improvements targeting the comprehensive climate impact of aviation. However, achieving voluntary implementation of these improvements by stakeholders presents challenges. In the previous month, […]
Sustainability and Environment

11 July 2023

Fewer delays and less noise nuisance at and near airports

It’s far from unknown for peak crowding at airports to hit the headlines. And it’s not only the passengers who are stuck in queues: it’s busy in the air too. That’s why the ITARO project has bundled various solutions together to reduce the delays for flights, including gains that can be made in terms of […]
Liquid hydrogen LH2 composite tank system
Sustainability and Environment

04 July 2023

R&D case: Liquid hydrogen composite tanks for aircraft

Hydrogen has been identified as a key priority to achieve the European Green Deal for a sustainable economy. By converting the construction of the hydrogen tank from existing metallic solutions to composites, the liquid hydrogen (LH2) composite tank will achieve weight savings that enable the advancement of liquid hydrogen as a sustainable fuel source for […]
Sustainability and Environment

03 July 2023

Scalable electric solution for all aircraft sizes

EASIER, a project funded by the European Commission, has come to an end. The consortium of parties from five different European countries has been able to develop enabling technologies for scalable solutions that deal with increased electric power levels of (hybrid) electric aircraft. Hybrid electric propulsion is one of the pillars underpinning sustainable aviation. This […]
Platform System Design

03 July 2023

Facing thermal and electromagnetic challenges due to electric propulsion (EASIER)

Hybrid electric flight is one of the pillars towards sustainable aviation. However, bringing on-board electric propulsion significantly increases the electric power levels. This yields thermal and electromagnetic challenges. The Horizon2020 EASIER project, has developed electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) solutions for power EWIS (electrical wiring interconnection system), power electronics and filtering to mitigate the challenges in electromagnetic […]
Air Traffic Management

30 June 2023

Simulation of integrated arrival and approach operations (ITARO)

As part of the SESAR3 JU project ITARO (Integrated TMA, Airport and Runway Operations), an integrated operational concept (IOC) to green flight operations whilst retaining a high capacity has been evaluated through Real-Time Simulations (RTS) on NARSIM, the NLR ATM Research Simulator. The demonstrations consisted of several SESAR solutions combined inside the TMA environment of […]