London Stansted receives preparing permission for 14.3 MW solar farm

• London Stansted has actually received planning permission for the growth of a 14.3 MW solar farm designed to make the airport's energy supply extra secure.

The farm will certainly rest on land right away to the east of the airport that's currently had by Stansted, with the development set to include new trees grown, hedgerows reinstated as well as new hedgerows presented.

A consultation on the plans for the 14MW solar farm had actually been introduced in December 2021.

The solar farm will certainly create renewable resource to satisfy the airport's existing as well as raising electricity demands as it races towards net zero by no later than 2038.

Stansted claimed all its structures as well as airside vehicles are currently carbon neutral through a variety of power management measures along with sourcing its electricity from renewables.

However, the solar farm would certainly maximize renewable generation elsewhere on the grid to assist the rest of the nation decarbonise, Stansted said.

" We are delighted to receive planning permission from the Secretary of State for our 14.3 MW solar farm ashore owned by the airport next to the major site," Steve Griffiths, handling supervisor of London Stansted claimed.

" The advancement will certainly see the airport generating its own renewable electricity on-site, attaching straight to our own personal network, increasing the safety of energy supply while at the same time freeing up renewable energy we presently acquire for others to use elsewhere on the grid.

" We will certainly continue to explore new and also ingenious opportunities as they develop to ensure we supply the airport's future growth in the most sustainable as well as responsible way possible."

Numerous airports in the UK are transitioning to zero-carbon emissions via the use of solar power. Earlier this year, AMPYR Solar Europe (ASE) signed a take care of Edinburgh Airport to develop a 9MW solar farm related to battery storage and also electric vehicle (EV) billing framework.

The ground-mounted solar PV system as well as 1.5 MW battery storage system will be located beside the runway at the airport on a 16-acre plot of land. It is to be connected to the airport via a high voltage private wire network. The project is likewise to see the installment of 40 EV billing points.

Alongside this, a 15MW solar farm is to be created for Glasgow Airport, with the intent of it being operational by summer 2023. Subject to preparing authorization, the solar farm will provide Glasgow Airport the capacity to generate adequate power for the airport campus as well as neighbouring businesses.