Madrid airport to wage 142MWp solar PV plant

• Aena's board of supervisors has actually acquired Construcciones San José for the construction of a 142.42 MWp solar PV park at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport.

The contract, signed for a quantity nearing EUR100 million (US$ 108 million), provides Construcciones San José 50 months to fulfil the project, which is to have a nominal power outcome of 120MW.

The project will certainly represent almost a quarter of solar PV in Aena's airport network.

Aena, the state-owned operator of 46 airports in Spain, released its Photovoltaic Plan in 2020 with the goal to provide all its airports with 100% of renewable resource by 2026, with an investment of greater than EUR350 million.

The state-owned company said the solar PV plant in Madrid-Barajas airport was "among the most powerful" renewable energy production facilities in the airport field worldwide.

Construcciones San José will certainly also supervise of the upkeep of the solar PV project once it is finished.

Moreover, the Madrid-Barajas airport will have an additional 7.5 MW small solar PV plant of self-consumption set to be commissioned in 2023.