PODCAST: Jerome Tourdiat of Schneider Electric on Building the Energy Foundations for Advanced Air Mobility

Our next pod­cast episode is now live! This week, we were delight­ed to be joined by Jerome Tour­diat, SVP One Solu­tions Oper­a­tionss Europe and Glob­al Gov­er­nance, Schnei­der Elec­tric.

What will it take to pow­er the next gen­er­a­tion of avi­a­tion?

In this episode, Jason Pritchard speaks with Jerome about the ener­gy infra­struc­ture need­ed to turn Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty ambi­tions into scal­able com­mer­cial oper­a­tions.

Draw­ing on the company’s expe­ri­ence sup­port­ing air­ports and crit­i­cal infra­struc­ture, Jerome explores why ver­ti­ports must become intel­li­gent ener­gy hubs. He dis­cuss­es how micro­grids, bat­tery stor­age and smart charg­ing can help man­age peak demand, strength­en resilience and con­trol costs.

The con­ver­sa­tion also exam­ines the role of data and dig­i­tal tech­nolo­gies in coor­di­nat­ing oper­a­tions, along­side the impor­tance of design­ing infra­struc­ture that can grow with demand.

With grid con­nec­tions, per­mit­ting and com­pe­ti­tion for elec­tric­i­ty poten­tial­ly cre­at­ing bot­tle­necks, Jerome explains why ener­gy plan­ning needs to start ear­ly.

Lis­ten to dis­cov­er why the foun­da­tions of elec­tric flight extend beyond the air­craft, and how clos­er col­lab­o­ra­tion could help unlock the industry’s com­mer­cial poten­tial.