Belgium's Ostend-Bruges Airport to go all-green with 40 MWp of solar

• Belgian solar panel installer EnergyVision recently unveiled plans to construct a 40.1-MWp photovoltaic (PV) park that will certainly make the country's Ostend-- Bruges International Airport (IATA: OST) 100% green-powered.

The project will certainly entail an investment of over EUR 35 million (USD 37.9 m) as well as will develop the second-largest solar complex in Belgium. EnergyVision claimed it will take care of the funding, installment and also upkeep, preparing to release building tasks in the autumn.

The suggested PV farm will certainly be outfitted with 66,00 panels which will certainly be set up over an area of 304,000 sq m within and also around the airport. The future outcome of almost 37,000 MWh annually will certainly cover the Ostend-Bruges Airport's whole electrical power usage, with part of the generation to be utilized by the Antwerp Airport. The staying result will most likely to power near 10,000 Ostend households.

EnergyVision is currently working with the project's ecological permit application and anticipates to be able to initiate building and construction from September. As a 2nd phase of the project, energy storage space will certainly be added, the programmer stated.

Citizen involvement will be enabled with a platform that will allow co-investment in the form of an eight-year finance with a set annual rates of interest.