Alternus completes Dutch airport solar park

• The 13.6 MW project is set up beside the Rotterdam runway

International eco-friendly independent power producer Alternus Energy Group has actually completed setup of its solar project at Rotterdam the Hague Airport.

The 13.6 MW project, set up next to the runway, was developed as well as installed by its design, purchase as well as construction arm Unisun Energy Europe.

The project has 15-year support in place with the Dutch SDE+ subsidy along with a PPA with Eneco.

The park will continue to operate after the subsidy duration ends, protecting the prevailing energy rates.

Alternus Energy chief executive Vincent Browne said: "This is one more significant milestone for Alternus as it's the first project we have delivered from preliminary development via to operation verifying our standing as a totally integrated IPP.

" The whole process was taken care of internal as well as was delivered promptly as well as in spending plan, despite the complicated nature of setting up over 36,000 photovoltaic panels at an airport and connecting to the grid."

Setup of the project started in mid-October 2021 and commercial operation date (COD) was reached at the end of February 2022.

Procedures as well as upkeep services for the project will certainly be given by Uper Energy Europe, a subsidiary of Unisun.

Unisum president Andre Kempenaars claimed: "We are delighted to have attained COD for this project in partnership with RTHA.

" It has actually taken a few years to reach this point with numerous project-specific obstacles, and also a worldwide pandemic, however we made it.

" We currently have 255MW of projects in growth throughout the Netherlands, that we expect to deliver in the coming years, adding further to national decarbonisation targets."

Rotterdam the Hague Airport chief executive Ron Louwerse added: "Energisation of this solar park is one more turning point in the airport's sustainability trip as we function towards turning into one of the most sustainable airports worldwide.

" The energy created by this solar park will balance out exhausts from our ground-based procedures.

" We delight in to have actually worked together with a number of stakeholders, specifically Unisun Energy to achieve energisation, and expect dealing with Uper Energy for the functional phase."