East Midlands Airport solar plans axed
09.06.11
Plans to build a 20,000-panel solar power energy farm next to East Midlands Airport have been axed. Airport bosses had originally hoped the 10-hectare (25-acre) site would produce about a third of its energy, but the scheme was axed after a recent Government decision to reduce incentives for alternate energy projects by 70%.
The airport planned to build the energy farm as part of their ambition to be carbon neutral by 2012. An airport spokesman said: ‘The proposed PV (photo voltaic) farm project would have saved the airport 2,000 tonnes of carbon each year and provide at least 33% of our electricity. It is regrettable that the decision by Government to reduce support for large scale PV projects has forced the airport to halt the scheme at this stage.’
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