Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP) is extremely overjoyed to enlighten its renewed partnership with the Brunel Solar Personnel for the 2024 Sasol Solar Command in South Africa from 13 by 20 September 2024.
As partners, we hope to abet the team fetch this prestigious photo voltaic bustle for the fifth time! Pursuing our commitment to innovation and sustainability in transportation, AFKLMP would possibly be the Brunel Solar Personnel’s logistics accomplice for the Sasol Solar Command. We are in a position to tackle air transport and connected logistics for the team’s photo voltaic vehicle, the Nuna 12s.
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To minimise environmental impact, AFKLMP will offset the gasoline required to movement the Nuna 12s from Amsterdam to Johannesburg with SAF (one more aviation gasoline), deal decreasing the carbon footprint of this stride. “Air France KLM Martinair Cargo is impressed by and aligned with the mission of the Sasol Solar Command,” acknowledged GertJan Roelands, SVP Business at Air France KLM Martinair Cargo.
“The airfreight trade faces the self-discipline of decreasing its carbon footprint. Our goal is to handbook innovation on this case by spearheading initiatives that involve all trade stakeholders.” Following the enviornment oil disaster of 1973, there was growing awareness for the environmental hurt attributable to fossil fuels, sparking world efforts to invent change vitality sources.
In 1983, Danish inventor Hans Tholstrup constructed the first photo voltaic-powered car and drove it all the device in which by Australia, demonstrating the functionality of photo voltaic vitality. This groundbreaking fulfillment led to the institution of Australia’s World Solar Command. In 2001, the Solar Personnel from Delft University of Expertise participated in the sixth World Solar Command in Australia, aiming to advertise sustainability and innovation. Led by Dutch astronaut Wubbo Ockels, the team impressed many with their vision. As Ockels famously acknowledged, “There’s finest one earth. And there is no spare.”
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The Delft students made history by beating 43 other team to change into the first beginners to fetch the bustle with their photo voltaic car, Nuna. This day, photo voltaic racing continues to pressure technological innovation and expand awareness for the environmental impact of fossil fuels. It challenges teams to invent and refine new technologies, contributing to advancements in sustainable abilities that can at last profit commercial industries.
By partnering with the Brunel Solar Personnel, AFKLMP reaffirms its commitment to sustainability and innovation, deal advancing efforts to enact extra sustainable practices in aviation and past.
