“Ascendance, L.I.M.E Consortium Awarded EUR5 Million Grant By Europe’s Clean Aviation Program”

France-based Ascen­dance Tech­nolo­gies along­side the L.I.M.E Con­sor­tium (Lithi­um-based Inno­va­tion for Mod­u­lar Ener­gy) Project, has been award­ed a EUR5 mil­lion grant by Europe’s Clean Avi­a­tion Pro­gram, reports a press release.

This Ascen­dance-led Con­sor­tium and its part­ners EXOES, Basque­volt and Chair of Pro­duc­tion Engi­neer­ing of E‑Mobility Com­po­nents (PEM) of RWTH Aachen Uni­ver­si­ty, has been select­ed to dri­ve the next wave of hybrid-elec­tric propul­sion inno­va­tion in Europe. 

The release states, “This recog­ni­tion, award­ed after a com­pet­i­tive Euro­pean call for pro­pos­als, reflects the strong engage­ment and endorse­ment from major air­craft man­u­fac­tur­ers (CS-25 and CS-23) who sup­port­ed the appli­ca­tion and have spot­light­ed the foun­da­tion­al strength of Ascendance’s hybrid elec­tric inno­v­a­tive tech­nolo­gies.

Jean-Christophe Lam­bert, CEO of Ascen­dance, “We’re hon­oured by Clean Aviation’s deci­sion and the trust expressed by the sec­tor and our con­sor­tium part­ners. Their sup­port affirms both Ascendance’s exper­tise and the market’s belief in the STERNA Hybrid Pack as a cat­a­lyst for clean­er air trans­port.”

The grant is to sup­port the devel­op­ment and demon­stra­tion of an avi­a­tion-grade bat­tery sys­tem for hybrid-elec­tric propul­sion, pri­mar­i­ly tar­get­ing next-gen­er­a­tion region­al air­crafts with entry into ser­vice expect­ed by 2035. 

The L.I.M.E project address­es six key objec­tives for the aero­space indus­try:-

: Safe­ty & End-User-Cen­tric Design -Design a bat­tery sys­tem that meets strin­gent cer­ti­fi­ca­tion stan­dards and user require­ments for avi­a­tion, espe­cial­ly CS25 appli­ca­tions.

: Dis­rup­tive Bat­tery Inno­va­tion - Push the bound­aries of cur­rent tech­nol­o­gy with a bat­tery sys­tem sur­pass­ing exist­ing capa­bil­i­ties in cell tech­nol­o­gy, ther­mal man­age­ment and com­pos­ite cas­ing.

: TRL4 Pro­to­typ­ing - Man­u­fac­ture and test a TRL4 pro­to­type includ­ing cell blocks, bat­tery man­age­ment and ther­mal sys­tems, fol­lowed by ground demon­stra­tions.

: Dig­i­tal Twin Agili­ty - Utilise high-fideli­ty dig­i­tal twins to opti­mise devel­op­ment, reduce costs and min­imise phys­i­cal pro­to­typ­ing, ensur­ing rapid design val­i­da­tion.

: Roadmap to Entry Into Ser­vice - Sup­port inte­gra­tion stud­ies and cre­ate an indus­tri­al­i­sa­tion plan to pre­pare the bat­tery sys­tem for ser­vice in region­al air­crafts, specif­i­cal­ly tar­get­ing the ATR 42/72 for entry into ser­vice by 2035

: Max­imise Euro­pean Impact - Advance crit­i­cal avi­a­tion tech­nol­o­gy to ben­e­fit Euro­pean soci­ety, econ­o­my, and com­pet­i­tive­ness by dis­sem­i­nat­ing research and results wide­ly.

Jean-Christophe Lam­bert

Lam­bert con­clud­ed, “Through the STERNA Hybrid Pack and the col­lab­o­ra­tive work with­in the Con­sor­tium, we are demon­strat­ing that Euro­pean inno­va­tion can lead the way in deliv­er­ing the next gen­er­a­tion of clean, high-per­for­mance avi­a­tion solu­tions.”

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(Top image: Appli­ca­tions for fixed-wing air­craft)

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