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Britain’s largest airport solar installation to date
Britain’s largest airport solar installation to date has been completed at Stobart Group's London Southend Airport, part of a £10mn terminal expansion completed by Kier Construction. Nearly 500 solar panels will supply the terminal's expanded range of shops, cafes and restaurants, via the airport's private electricity network.
The new solar system was installed by Reading-based Photon Energy on the terminal's curved tunnel-shaped roofs, with panels supplied by Conergy. The panels are expected to help the terminal achieve a BREEAM ‘Very Good’ environmental assessment rating, and to avoid around 1,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions over the next twenty years.
Jonathan Bates, Managing Director, Photon Energy, commented: ‘Solar is Britain's favourite renewable energy and it's great London Southend Airport has shown its commitment to self-generation. You can't necessarily see the panels from the ground but millions of people will get a bird's eye view of them as they take off or come in to land. Airport terminals are great places for solar as they have a lot of roofspace and large daytime electricity consumption.’
