Resource-efficient energy system solutions for airports with high share of electric aviation

The energy transition is heading towards increased electrification of society in general, which also includes aviation and airports. This means increased electricity needs and a need to develop the airport into a sustainable local energy system with the conditions for electrification of aircraft and a well-functioning interaction with the overall energy system.

Project start

2021

Budget

3 MSEK

Project end

2023

The project developed, among other things, a simulation tool, which is based on a survey of electricity needs today, and at a future high degree of electrification. The simulation environment for the energy system at an airport begins with electricity networks, renewable electricity production, energy storage, control strategies and flexibility solutions for different loads.

These building blocks makes it possible to analyze how the development of electric aviation can take place with renewable energy, resource-efficiently, strategically and in symbiosis with the rest of the energy system.

Project partners

Uppsala University, Swedavia, Skellefteå Airport and RISE.

Co-funded

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