Carbon dioxide accounts for about half of aviation's contribution to what is known as its effective radiative forcing – that is, its total contribution to the factors that actually drive a rise in global average temperature. It sounds like a small proportion of the whole, but it is more than those of Germany (2.2%), and this is not the whole story. The six-seater Piper M-Class had been fitted out at a research and development hub at Cranfield airport in the UK to run on hydrogen, and on this maiden flight in the late summer of 2020 everything worked perfectly. With that flight, ZeroAvia, the California-based start-up that had developed the aircraft with partners in Britain and elsewhere, was ready to move to the next stage in the journey towards zero carbon aviation.Ī catchphrase for the transition to a low or zero carbon economy is 'electrify everything' – that is, create a world in which most human activities, from manufacturing and construction to transport and tourism, run on electricity generated from low or zero carbon sources such as wind, solar and perhaps nuclear power. But there is a problem: some sectors look to be hard if not impossible to electrify in the near and medium term, and aviation is, perhaps, foremost among them.īefore the pandemic grounded most flights, commercial aviation accounted for about 2.5% of global emissions of carbon dioxide. Having credit of >800 QC Visit to >250 Labs, Bulk depots/installations, Aviation Fuel Stations in India, UK, USA, Mauritius and Nepal for QC Audit and technical matters.As the plane rose from the runway for what was to prove a smooth and uneventful flight, the team breathed a sigh of relief.

Ex GC member on SFTL, Petroleum testing Lab, NOIDA established as per Supreme Court of India directive. Technical committee member of BIS-India, ASTM D02 USA, ISO TC-28 on petroleum products, OISD 211.Įx QCM of IOCL designated by DGCA and DGAQA, Govt of India. Product Quality failure investigations from Refineries to customers.

Overseeing 51 Petroleum labs, construction, equipment purchase, commissioning, recruiting lab personnel, training, accreditation ISO 9001 and NABL ISO 17025. Out of this 23 years at HQ, contributing in framing petroleum QC policies at National level, with Oil Industry thru BIS, Civil and Defense Aviation- GOI, Ministry of Petroleum.Įxposer to Petroleum Product Quality Control thru Laboratory, Storage Location, Controlling Office working.

Engineering), 34 years with Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.

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