{"id":1782,"date":"2015-01-02T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-02T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/knowledge\/?p=1782"},"modified":"2015-01-09T10:48:54","modified_gmt":"2015-01-09T15:48:54","slug":"pe-composite-aircraft-reduce-carbon-emissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/1782\/pe-composite-aircraft-reduce-carbon-emissions\/","title":{"rendered":"News Brief: Composite Aircraft Reduce Carbon Emissions by 15%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1809\" src=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/media\/2015\/01\/AirplaneFeatured-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"AirplaneFeatured\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/AirplaneFeatured-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/AirplaneFeatured.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>New research shows that composite planes have a big advantage over their aluminum counterparts. While manufacturing composite planes results in double the emissions, once the planes are put into flight, they actually reduce carbon emissions by up to 15 percent over the life of the aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>Experts predict that these advantages could lead to huge growth in the aerospace composite industry over the next six years. But even with these light-weight planes, the aviation industry will need to take greater measures to meet their emissions targets.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>News Drill Down<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>A new study by the Universities of Sheffield, Cambridge and UCL was the first of its kind to perform \u201ca comprehensive life cycle assessment (LCA) of a composite plane.\u201d Because the lighter planes use less fuel, their carbon emissions are about 20 percent less than those of aluminum aircraft.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>NASA is currently testing a \u201chuge, uniquely-shaped fuselage cross-section\u201d made from composite materials as a part of its Environmentally Responsible Aviation project, according to redOrbit.com.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Wichita Eagle reports that an aviation analyst with RBC Capital Markets foresees the aerospace composite market reaching $20 billion by the early 2020s and \u201cexpects that the replacements for today\u2019s narrowbody airliners will likely be made primarily from composites.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A University of Sheffield Professor of Advanced Materials Technologies explains that composites are only one step toward the aviation industry\u2019s target of halving \u201cCO2 emissions for all aircrafts by 2020.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Reading List:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cam.ac.uk\/research\/news\/lighter-planes-are-the-future\" target=\"_blank\">University of Cambridge: Lighter planes are the future<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redorbit.com\/news\/space\/1113298977\/super-guppy-plane-delivers-large-composite-structure-for-testing-121514\/\" target=\"_blank\">Red Orbit: NASA Super Guppy Plane Delivers Large Composite Structure For Testing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kansas.com\/news\/business\/aviation\/article4293494.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Wichita Eagle: Analyst: Aerospace composite industry could double by the early 2020s<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/plastics.ulprospector.com?st=31\" target=\"_blank\">Search plastics materials in Prospector now\u2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New research shows that composite planes have a big advantage over their aluminum counterparts. While manufacturing composite planes results in double the emissions, once the planes are put into flight, they actually reduce carbon emissions by up to 15 percent &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/1782\/pe-composite-aircraft-reduce-carbon-emissions\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":1783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[1237],"class_list":{"0":"post-1782","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-plastics-2","8":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>News Brief: Composite Aircraft Reduce Carbon Emissions by 15% - Prospector Knowledge Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/1782\/pe-composite-aircraft-reduce-carbon-emissions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"News Brief: Composite Aircraft Reduce Carbon Emissions by 15% - Prospector Knowledge Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New research shows that composite planes have a big advantage over their aluminum counterparts. 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