VINCI switches on 3-MWp solar plant at Faro airport in Portugal

• Mobility infrastructure firm VINCI Concessions announced on Wednesday the commissioning of a 3-MWp solar power plant at Faro airport in Portugal.

The photovoltaic (PV) farm will certainly allow subsidiary VINCI Airports to meet 30% of Faro airport's electric demand and therefore counter greater than 1,500 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) each year.

The solar system, which is the initial of its kind at an airport in the nation, was funded, established and also built by VINCI Airports subsidiary SunMind. The latter is likewise in charge of the solar park's operation.

As part of its worldwide decarbonisation programme, VINCI Airports is aiming to accomplish absolutely no net exhausts at airports in Portugal as well as the EU by 2030. The company belongs to French giving ins and building company VINCI SA (EPA: DG).