Renewable Power Sources
Progress With Battery Electric Flight
A Chinese company appears to have made real progress with battery electric flight. Their prototype…
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Renewable Power Sources
Battery Basics
Power Bank Diverts EasyJet Flight
There’s more to the convention that airline passengers should keep any lithium-ion batteries with them.…
Renewable Power Sources
Electric Planes for Scottish Communities
A small electric aircraft that the pilot describes as ‘awesome to fly’, has been on…
Battery Technical
Thermal Runaway Management in Aircraft
The Underwriters Laboratory Standards and Engagement team are deeply concerned about the lack of thermal…
Battery Basics
Power Banks and Lithium Batteries
Power banks and lithium batteries are an increasing concern for airlines world-wide. We investigate why…
Battery Basics
Thermal Runaway in Aircraft
We found some interesting research into thermal runaway in aircraft, in an article that we…
Battery Basics
Batteries and Checked Luggage Bags
The Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, recently updated its rules for lithium-ion batteries and checked luggage…
Battery Basics
Carry-On Battery Fire Shocks
Picture the scene. An Air China passenger aircraft has taken off from Hangzhou in China,…
Battery Basics
Lithium-Ion Batteries Can Be Hazardous
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is responsible for the regulation and oversight of civil aviation…
Battery Technical
Sulfur-Selenium Batteries In the News at NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is investigating solid state cells as safer, more powerful…