Propelling aviation to Jet Zero
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Propelling aviation to Jet Zero.
Technologies for lighter aeroplanes with new propulsion systems and sustainable fuels.
This is the future.
And it will be Sheffield made.
Propelling the world to net-zero aviation
Sustainable aviation is vital to reducing the UK's carbon emissions. Without it, we cannot achieve net zero.
The University of Sheffield is bringing together its world-leading research and innovation with industry powerhouses to help revolutionise air travel and decarbonise transatlantic flight.
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The UK has a remarkable track record in commercial aviation, being the home to the jet engine and the first commercial jet airliner. However, with aviation projected to be the highest emitting transport sector by 2050, the commercial aviation industry needs urgent transformative change to decarbonise.
The University of Sheffield is helping to revolutionise air travel by bringing together its translational research and innovation with industry giants. Our sustained investment into innovation and our internationally recognised facilities means we’re uniquely positioned to help solve one of the biggest transport and environmental challenges in a century.
Achieving net-zero air travel means transforming all aspects of aerospace manufacture and supply chain. Our world-leading facility the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), a High Value Manufacturing Catapult Centre, is helping to do just that, by developing new concepts with industry, scale up production and deploy globally competitive new methods of manufacture.
The University of Sheffield’s Energy Institute is building a major new centre for sustainable aviation fuels. The Sustainable Aviation Fuels Innovation Centre, part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, will provide flagship national and international state-of-the-art facilities to test, certify and deploy new zero carbon and sustainable aviation fuels, and will heavily invest in supporting SMEs in the local Sheffield region. Making sustainable aviation fuels a viable commercial option for the aviation sector could reduce UK emissions in 2050 by 32 per cent.
