Asian Sky Quarterly 2022 Q4

PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA
Whilst the company is working hard to come up with that definition,
it also offers a full range of carbon offsetting programs, which can
be automatically tied into engine usage, which Lewis says is made
easier by the way that engine utilization is automatically recorded.
“Something else we offer, which is really the most immediate thing
that anybody can do at this point, is a carbon offsetting service,”
says Lewis. “We work with South Pole, which is a very reputable
company in this area, so that everybody on a power by the hour
program, no matter what form that program takes, we already
gather the amount of hours that they fly every month as part of
administration those programs, and so we can relatively easily tack
on the fuel burn.”
Going forward, the company is also working on hybrid electric
engines, with a Dash 8 turboprop already lined up for testing. Lewis
says that the program, which will see one of the Dash 8's engines
replaced with a hybrid electric engine, has been partially funded
by the government, and will be used to learn more about power
conditioning and managing batteries. Separately, Pratt and Whitney
in the U.S. is working on hydrogen engines.
A billion hours ago the Nasca civilization drew lines in the sand that
hinted that man might very well have flown using primitive hand
gliding kites. And now, a billion flight hours later, Pratt and Whitney
is close to drawing its own line in the sand when it comes to using
fossil fuel to power its engines.
“You can see that we really do have a broad gamut of lanes of
attack on this particular issue.” says Lewis.
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