East Midlands Airport wins fifth green apple award
23.11.11
East Midlands Airport has been awarded a Green Apple Environment Award for the fifth year in a row. At a National presentation last week in the House of Commons the airport was recognised by the Green Organisation, an independent environment group, for environmental best practice. It was particularly commended for successfully installing two commercial scale wind turbines on site - a UK airport first.
The airport worked with turbine manufacturers and the Civil Aviation Authority for nearly three years to complete a comprehensive feasibility and planning process, including a robust safety case that allowed East Midlands to become the first in the country to install turbines of this scale on an airport site. Each of the turbines measure 45 metres including the rotor blades, which have a radius of 15 metres. Together they will produce 5% of the airport's electricity, or enough to power 150 houses.
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