The solution is based on the company's proprietary DC charging technology and has a unique efficiency of 96 per cent for charging electric aircraft and electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Green Motion Air was first presented at the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport in June 2023.
Green Motion Air features a user-friendly 10-inch colour touchscreen display, appropriate cybersecurity protection and secure user authentication. Users can control the charging process, interrupt it and resume it. The solution can be installed indoors or outdoors, with optional cable extensions for greater flexibility, and is also suitable for mobile use.
Vehicle-to-grid functionality
The new solution is based on the earlier Skycharge technology, which Eaton, formerly Green Motion, developed together with Pipistrel, the developer of the Velis Electro electric aircraft. Green Motion Air was the first charging system in the world to be approved by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
As a standalone charging station – either stationary or mounted on wheels – Green Motion Air offers airports the greatest possible flexibility. Thanks to its online and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) functionality, the system plays a crucial role in the electrification of airports.
Reduced costs and carbon emissions
Eaton's Buildings as a Grid approach also enables airports to become self-sufficient energy centres, with the power needs of buildings and electric vehicles being met by on-site renewable energy generation.
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Buildings as a Grid is based on the concept of sector coupling. This involves linking energy consumption with the generation and storage of renewable energies to reduce costs and carbon emissions and thus relieve the burden on the power grid. The approach is flexible and scalable, so that airport operators can, for example, start with charging stations for electric vehicles and then plan the expansion of their infrastructure with the corresponding hardware and software from Eaton.
With the help of Buildings as a Grid, renewable energy generated at the airport by solar panels can be used by charging stations for electric vehicles in the airport car parks, by the Green Motion Air solution or by other electrical devices. (mfo)
