In California, The Aviation Climate Taskforce (ACT) and The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have joined forces through a memorandum of understanding to bolster the collaboration and impact of both institutions in driving sustainable aviation. ACT will oversee membership expansion and administration, leveraging NREL’s advanced systems analysis and technical capabilities in bridging researchers from disparate communities towards a cohesive and aligned RDD&D network. Doug Arent, NREL executive director of strategic public-private partnerships, said: “Decarbonizing aviation demands unprecedented collaboration to de-risk dynamic supply chains and rapidly deploy new energy technologies. NREL is committed to asking the right research questions, wielding the best tools for data-driven answers, and forming partnerships to accelerate existing federal, state, and industry programs and collaboration.” Collaborative projects between ACT and NREL may encompass a wide spectrum of research areas, including aviation decarbonization pathways (e.g., sustainable aviation fuel, hydrogen, electric propulsion, power-to-liquids), feedstock development, systemic energy supply chain interdependencies, operational resilience, infrastructure optimization, and aircraft efficiency enhancement.
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