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Global CO 2 emissions fell 1.3 percent in 2009
Environmental Leader
Global carbon dioxide emissions in 2009 fell 1.3 percent to 31.3 billion tons in the first year-on-year decline in this decade, according to Internationals Wirtschaftsforum Regenerative Energien, reports Reuters. The German-based Renewable Energy Industry Institute attributed the drop in CO 2 emissions to the global economic crisis and rising investments in renewable energies. More
Boeing puts forward hybrid aircraft concept
Flight International via Flightglobal
If Boeing's latest vision gets off the ground, a hybrid propulsion concept similar to the engine-battery pairings increasingly seen in passenger cars could be aviation's answer to the fuel burn and emissions dilemma. The research and technology people at Boeing reckon their concept for a 737-sized aircraft could be reality by 2035 if sufficient advances in battery technology can be achieved - but they admit that the battery question is a big if. More
Emerging technology tested at Massachusetts airport
Martha's Vineyard Gazette
Vineyarders Jonathan and Linda M. Haar work in wind power technology, but one thing they share with wind energy opponents is an objection to seeing enormous towers built in pristine places. And their concern is not just aesthetic, but practical. It would, they reasoned, make much more sense to generate the power as close as possible to where the power is used. Hence their innovative new turbine, tested for the first time at the Martha's Vineyard Airport in Massachusetts: a turbine standing just 20-feet tall, intended to be mounted on city buildings. More
Hydrogen-fueled UAV begins flight tests
Aviation Week
Following an initial hour-long, battery-powered flight, AeroVironment's Global Observer unmanned aircraft is beginning a test program planned to culminate in a week-long flight in the stratosphere using liquid-hydrogen fuel. The flight debuts an innovative approach to persistent surveillance and marks a dramatic departure for a company that dominates the market for small, hand-launched UAVs. More
US military seen as needed friend in biofuel development
Air Transport World
Boeing sees the U.S. military's ambitious biofuel target of 50 percent usage by 2016 as a positive for the aviation industry and not a threat. Addressing media at last month’s Farnborough Airshow in the U.K., MD-Environmental Strategy Billy Glover said that the U.S. military is a valuable cornerstone partner. More
Ottawa startup hopes to set a fire under de-icing technology
The Montreal Gazette
Pierre Bourgault says he is slowing down. "I'm working only about three-quarters of the time now. I'm not ready for the rocking chair yet." Still, at 82, the retired university administrator is a driving force behind one of Ottawa's most intriguing clean technology start-ups. More
Airport gets $1.3 million for improvements
ENC Today
Coastal Carolina Regional Airport has received a more than $1.3 million federal grant for improvements and future development. The grant, from the U.S. Department of Transportation through the Federal Aviation Administration, will pay 95 percent of the costs for three runway projects and land acquisition, according to grant documents. The Craven County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to accept the grant. More
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