Post by williamplayer on Jan 7, 2014 12:24:55 GMT
When a Two-Percent Solution Equals $22 million, Nanotechnology Matters.
UK-based airline EasyJet has just announced that they are embarking on a 12-month test of a new nanocoating that when applied to the exterior of their planes could reduce fuel consumption by as much as 2%.
When your annual fuel bill is £730m (nearly US$1.2 billion), then that 2% can mean a savings of £14m (approximately US$22.4 million). Suddenly a coating becomes interesting, doesn’t it?
Apparently the coating has been used on US military aircraft for some time but this will mark the first time the coating has been used on a commercial aircraft.
read on: spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/nanotechnology/when-a-twopercent-solution-equals-22-million-nanotechnology-matters
UK-based airline EasyJet has just announced that they are embarking on a 12-month test of a new nanocoating that when applied to the exterior of their planes could reduce fuel consumption by as much as 2%.
When your annual fuel bill is £730m (nearly US$1.2 billion), then that 2% can mean a savings of £14m (approximately US$22.4 million). Suddenly a coating becomes interesting, doesn’t it?
Apparently the coating has been used on US military aircraft for some time but this will mark the first time the coating has been used on a commercial aircraft.
read on: spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/nanotechnology/when-a-twopercent-solution-equals-22-million-nanotechnology-matters