Installation of solar panels at the German airport

Düsseldorf International Airport, Germany has installed one of its solar array (from October 2011) (completed within eight weeks, scheduled to be connected to the national grid early in the year). 2012 : with more than 8,400 solar panels (this is the result of a collaboration between Düsseldorf International Airport and the Düsseldorf City Public Utilities Branch, Grünwerke GmbH).

The array of solar panels installed (in the security zone of Düsseldorf International Airport) on an area equivalent to 6 football pitches, with a capacity of about 2 megawatts, will provide enough electricity for 600 households. Each household has 4 members. Real-time traffic meters are installed in the airport corridors to help passengers recognize how much electricity is being generated, as well as how much of this solar energy system has reduced the amount of gas. CO _{2 is} released into the atmosphere.

"Solar energy is not the only renewable energy source at Düsseldorf Airport. We also use: heat generated from solar technology to provide a hot water plant. helps reduce (more) CO ^₂ emissions, ^_"says Christoph Blume, CEO of Düsseldorf airport, Germany.