Baere Aerospace Consulting, Inc.

Alternative Fuels Keep Baere Personnel Busy as Ever!

While the economy continues to be on everyone's mind and the aerospace industry is taking knock after knock, this continues to be an active time for Baere Aerospace.

The industry is moving forward at an accelerating pace to try and both become more "green" in all of the their operations and to lower their energy costs throughout the entire logistics chain.  Says Professor J. Thom, "I am seeing operators looking more at how can I improve my energy usage in the long term as opposed to how quickly will this capital expense start paying for itself.  The fact is, it isn't going to matter how cheap (Indiana) power is.  If the organization doesn't have $5000 for power, it doesn't matter if the power is five cents a KWH or fifty, there is no money."  This means Baere is being asked to help with alternative fuels not just for the aircraft but also for the ground power and airport ground handling equipment.

That doesn't mean the alternative fuels for the aircraft are moving to a backburner.  The industry has basically said, okay we have 50:50 synthetic fuel, when can we have 50:50 biofuel and 100% synthetic fuel?  Baere personnel are actively involved in a number of projects supporting this activity including projects converting municipal wastes to liquid fuel and power, advising research for the use of algae and its conversion to fuel, and modeling the behavior of fuel combustion based on its chemical composition.

So while everyone is tightening their belts, the industry remains committed to moving forward with greener, more fuel efficient, more sustainable fuels for the coming decade and beyond. 

 

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