Energy Magazine March 2018 | Page 43

Dr Frank Anton head of Siemens eaircraft , Mark Cousin Airbus CTO and Paul Stein Rolls Royce CTO

“ A hybrid electric aircraft will be heavier so improvements will be needed to boost overall efficiency when compared with today ’ s traditional aircraft ”

Mark Cousin , Airbus take into account the favourable efficiency difference of electric motors versus gas turbines , the conversion of energy from kerosene to thrust is 50 times as high as the conversion we see with energy storage systems . That is going to limit how much energy you can carry and how far you can fly .”
Weight “ The weight of hardware with new electric propulsion systems will be greater than traditional aircraft with electric motors and power electronics in the system adding to
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