Boeing has updated its Cascade climate impact modeling tool to make it easier for users to glean insight from the wealth of information and data visualizations that can be found on the online platform. Cascade, which Boeing launched in May during the company’s Sustainable Aviation Together Forum in Seattle, offers the public a free tool for measuring the impact of various decarbonization strategies—such as the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and the adoption of new electric, hydrogen-powered, and hybrid aircraft—as the global aviation industry strives to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
“The intention is to allow the user to build their own future for aviation and for it not to be Boeing saying, ‘This is how it’s going to be,’ because no one knows how we’re going to decarbonize aviation. It’s complex,” Neil Titchener, Boeing’s Cascade program lead, told AIN. “There’s lots of different levers that you can pull on, and so we’re giving some of the power to the user for them to explore how to decarbonize aviation.”
“The intention is to allow the user to build their own future for aviation and for it not to be Boeing saying, ‘This is how it’s going to be,’ because no one knows how we’re going to decarbonize aviation. It’s complex,” Neil Titchener, Boeing’s Cascade program lead, told AIN. “There’s lots of different levers that you can pull on, and so we’re giving some of the power to the user for them to explore how to decarbonize aviation.”
