VICTORIA – BC’s Harbour Air Seaplanes is receiving almost $1.6 million from the CleanBC Go Electric ARC program for its aircraft electrification project. The funding supports Harbour Air’s conversion of an existing aircraft to be fully electric-powered and builds on its successful December 2019 flight of the world’s first all-electric commercial aircraft.
Harbour Air is building on its work in clean technology to decarbonize aviation and create new jobs with support from the CleanBC Go Electric Advanced Research and Commercialization (ARC) program.
”Harbour Air is decarbonizing aviation and elevating the company to new altitudes as a clean-technology leader in BC’s transportation sector,” said Bruce Ralston, Minister of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation.
That flight marked the start of the third era in aviation: the electric age. Harbour Air is working on a new design of the electric motor installation and battery systems to gain efficiencies that will allow carrying commercial passengers. Approximately 21 full-time jobs will be created and sustained by the project.
Harbour Air is a leader in clean-technology adoption. The company has also purchased a fully electric, zero-emission passenger shuttle bus to pick up and drop off passengers between Harbour Air’s downtown Vancouver and Richmond locations, and the Vancouver International Airport.
