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BETA Collaborates with Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport and Atlantic Aviation “to Put in Place Electric-Charging Infrastructure” 

BETA Tech­nolo­gies is part­ner­ing with West­field-Barnes Region­al Air­port (BAF) and fixed-base oper­a­tor Atlantic Avi­a­tion, to put in place elec­tric-charg­ing infra­struc­ture at the West­field air­port, reports a press release. 

The air­port is soon to become a key enabler of elec­tric avi­a­tion through­out the Amer­i­can north­east and encour­age the elec­tri­fi­ca­tion of ground sup­port equip­ment and oper­a­tional vehi­cles else­where. 

The release explains, “The BETA-designed charg­ing sta­tions are mul­ti­modal and inter­op­er­a­ble, capa­ble of pow­er­ing elec­tric air­craft and ground vehi­cles alike. The instal­la­tions include a Lev­el 3 Fast-Charg­er locat­ed inside the fence (air­side), pri­mar­i­ly for use by elec­tric air­craft, and a Lev­el 2 Charg­er locat­ed out­side the fence (car­side), pri­mar­i­ly for use by pub­lic EVs.”

It con­tin­ues, “With these addi­tions, the air­port is well-posi­tioned to sup­port the elec­tric trans­porta­tion future, which is cur­rent­ly poised to grow the econ­o­my and asso­ci­at­ed job oppor­tu­ni­ties in the region and more broad­ly.” 

Michael McCabe, West­field City May­or, remarked,  “One of the keys to growth is embrac­ing new tech­nol­o­gy and mak­ing it a part of your port­fo­lio. BETA sys­tems is an excel­lent exam­ple of this by pro­vid­ing anoth­er avenue for avi­a­tion. We applaud their inclu­sion at Barnes Region­al Air­port.” 

Christo­pher Wil­len­borg, Air­port Man­ag­er of West­field-Barnes Region­al Air­port, added, “This is anoth­er pos­i­tive step for­ward as West­field-Barnes Region­al Air­port pre­pares for emerg­ing indus­tries such as advanced air mobil­i­ty air­craft.”

Part­ner­ship Mem­bers

BETA’s Charge Cube is UL cer­ti­fied and designed to opti­mise for safe­ty, inter­op­er­abil­i­ty, sim­plic­i­ty and effi­cien­cy. The charger’s 50 ft. cord is the longest ofany cer­ti­fied charg­er avail­able, capa­ble of work­ing along­side BETA’s Ther­mal Man­age­ment Sys­tem (TMS), to offer increased option­al­i­ty for a vari­ety of air­craft designs and ground oper­a­tion needs.

Nate Ward, BETA’s Head of Net­work Devel­op­ment, commented,“To make a real impact requires like-mind­ed part­ners that are will­ing to lean into inno­va­tion with you.

And Eric New­man, VP of Sus­tain­abil­i­ty at Atlantic Avi­a­tion, said, ”The addi­tion of the BETA Charge Cube at our West­field-Barnes facil­i­ty pro­vides a safe, cus­tomer-cen­tric loca­tion for elec­tric air­craft oper­a­tions while enabling new, com­mu­ni­ty-focused trans­porta­tion oppor­tu­ni­ties.”

This new charge site in West­field is part of a grow­ing nation­al net­work of elec­tric infra­struc­ture that BETA is build­ing out across the U.S. To date, BETA has brought charg­ers online at 38 site loca­tions from Ver­mont to Flori­da to Arkansas with more than 50 addi­tion­al sites in devel­op­ment or per­mit­ting for pub­lic and pri­vate use by com­mer­cial, mil­i­tary and med­ical enti­ties. These sites have been installed in part­ner­ship with air­ports, FBOs and OEM part­ners across the coun­try, to bring elec­tric avi­a­tion to both met­ro­pol­i­tan areas, as well as rur­al and hard-to-reach com­mu­ni­ties with lim­it­ed access to air trans­porta­tion. 

For more infor­ma­tion

https://www.beta.team/

https://www.cityofwestfield.org/873/Westfield-Barnes-Regional-Airport

https://www.atlanticaviation.com

(Images: BETA Tech­nolo­gies)

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