Yesterday, the management of Athens International Airport inaugurated the new 16-megawatt self-generation and self-consumption solar park.
It is the largest self-generation facility in Greece, producing approximately 45% of the airport company’s annual consumption. This amounts to 27.500 megawatt-hours per year, equivalent to the consumption of 6.650 households.
By 2046, operation of the new 16-megawatt facility will prevent 71.500 tonnes of CO2 emissions, an amount equivalent to a forest the size of the airport (16.000 stremmas). The project is part of Athens International Airport’s ambitious sustainable development strategy and, in particular, its “Route 2025” goal—a total investment of approximately 100 million euros announced by the company in 2019.
Combined with the first 8 MW solar plant, which has been operating since 2011 (and contractually supplies the public grid), the new 16 MW self-generation plant will produce 2/3 of Athens International Airport’s required electricity from renewable energy sources generated on airport premises. This makes Athens International Airport a pioneer—perhaps even the only one—among airports in Europe and around the world.
With completion of the next phase in 2025, which is estimated to add 45 MW of solar capacity, the airport will secure production of 100% of its energy needs each year through 2046, maximizing self-consumption through the use of battery storage units. Athens International Airport has already submitted the relevant applications to the Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE) and other competent authorities.
“The new 16-megawatt solar park that we are inaugurating today with great satisfaction is tangible proof of our company’s commitment to the ambitious goal we announced in December 2019 of achieving zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2025. Despite the exceptionally challenging conditions our sector faced over the past three years, and while we were still waiting for the framework for self-generation and storage to be established—which was completed only recently—we moved ahead with the project in stages so as not to lose time in pursuing our strategic goal, ‘Route 2025’. Our efforts and persistence have paid off, and today we are pleased to inaugurate Greece’s largest self-generation facility, an investment whose significant impact strengthens Athens’s identity as a sustainable destination,” said Yannis Paraschis, CEO of Athens International Airport.
Source: https://www.kathimerini.gr/
It is the largest self-generation facility in Greece, producing approximately 45% of the airport company’s annual consumption. This amounts to 27.500 megawatt-hours per year, equivalent to the consumption of 6.650 households.
By 2046, operation of the new 16-megawatt facility will prevent 71.500 tonnes of CO2 emissions, an amount equivalent to a forest the size of the airport (16.000 stremmas). The project is part of Athens International Airport’s ambitious sustainable development strategy and, in particular, its “Route 2025” goal—a total investment of approximately 100 million euros announced by the company in 2019.
Combined with the first 8 MW solar plant, which has been operating since 2011 (and contractually supplies the public grid), the new 16 MW self-generation plant will produce 2/3 of Athens International Airport’s required electricity from renewable energy sources generated on airport premises. This makes Athens International Airport a pioneer—perhaps even the only one—among airports in Europe and around the world.
With completion of the next phase in 2025, which is estimated to add 45 MW of solar capacity, the airport will secure production of 100% of its energy needs each year through 2046, maximizing self-consumption through the use of battery storage units. Athens International Airport has already submitted the relevant applications to the Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE) and other competent authorities.
“The new 16-megawatt solar park that we are inaugurating today with great satisfaction is tangible proof of our company’s commitment to the ambitious goal we announced in December 2019 of achieving zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2025. Despite the exceptionally challenging conditions our sector faced over the past three years, and while we were still waiting for the framework for self-generation and storage to be established—which was completed only recently—we moved ahead with the project in stages so as not to lose time in pursuing our strategic goal, ‘Route 2025’. Our efforts and persistence have paid off, and today we are pleased to inaugurate Greece’s largest self-generation facility, an investment whose significant impact strengthens Athens’s identity as a sustainable destination,” said Yannis Paraschis, CEO of Athens International Airport.
Source: https://www.kathimerini.gr/
