Royal Schiphol Group in Amsterdam and its fellow airport partners Avinor in Oslo, Hermes at Cyprus and SAGAT in Torino focus on seven topics or challenges. Together these challenges result in 17 demonstrator projects to accelerate sustainability at or around the airport.
Several demonstrations focus on reducing or eliminating vehicle emissions. In addition, we will test facilities for recharging aircraft with electricity and hydrogen, introduce and optimise large-scale supply of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), and improve circular use of materials. Additionally we will organise demonstrations on airside to capture ultra-fine particles from departing and landing flights. We also intend to examine the entire journey of passengers and cargo and propose solutions for an optimal mix of multi-modal solutions.
These are the seven main challenges TULIPS focusses on. Each challenge features one or more demonstrator projects, resulting in 17 demo’s in all. Behind the scenes we have organised our activities in 12 workpackages.
Single source data & distributing information to services
Increase use of:
Watch the video: Bas Veldman of TNO about shifting to sustainable intern-modal transport connections for passengers, commuters and freight at airports
Feasability study including energy demand forecast (link with WP3)
Demonstrate:
Watch the video: Wissam Chalabi of NLR about the energy supply of future aircraft
Implementing improved airside electricity traffic including storage and direct PV charging.
Implementing fully integrated heat storage systems into existing hotel infrastructure
Development and operation of:
Watch the video: Nadine Muecklich on Zero Emission Airside Operation
Demonstrate:
Watch the video: Tijmen van Loon of SkyNRG on scaling up the SAF market and linking airports to the supply chain
Set up circular baseline for airport and circularity management system
Demonstrate:
Watch the video: Anne Rademaker of EME – Towards a circular economy in airports in Europe
Focus at crosscutting aspects through:
Watch the video: David Chiaramonte of Politecnico di Torino on the use of land and water resources to capture emissions around airports
