London Stansted has launched a consultation on plans for the development of an on-airport solar farm.
The proposal is for a 14MW solar farm on land immediately to the east of the airport, and already owned by Stansted.
The solar farm is designed to meet the airport’s current energy demands and is in keeping with the airport’s commitment to make its operations net zero carbon by no later than 2038.
The airport’s operation under its direct control – all buildings and airside vehicles – is already carbon neutral through the introduction of a range of energy management measures and sourcing all its electricity from renewable sources since *2013.
The project, if approved, will make the airport’s energy supply more secure, as well as freeing up renewable generation elsewhere on the grid to help the rest of the country decarbonise faster.
The consultation will run until Friday 24th December.
