I write frequently about electric mobility. Of course there are many flavors of electric mobility, and depending on volume of EVs for a particular type, I might write about it once a month (or more frequently) to once a year (or less frequently). This is about the latter, as you can probably guess from the title. Also, “electrified aircraft” will only be viable for a tiny subset of all aircraft, at least for the next two decades. All other aircraft will rely on clean-fuel to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions during this time, and most will still be propelled by turbofans burning this fuel. I (and many others) call the “tiny subset” Air Taxis, and I last wrote about these a bit more than a year ago.
This post is about a document recently released earlier this year addressing the Air Taxi segment. This document was issued by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). This paper will be a brief review of that document.