East Midlands Airport to be powered by willow farm
25.03.10
East Midlands Airport is to become the first in the UK to plant its own willow farm to produce fuel to power its terminal building. The 26-hectare woodland farm will be created on a plot to the north of the airfield. It will be planted and harvested in phases over the next three years to ensure a continual crop of willow to power the airport's new bio-mass boiler.
The development is part of the hubs plan to become carbon neutral for its ground operations by 2012. The farm is expected to produce about 280 tonnes of wood fuel annually, saving 350 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions. Other plans to reduce carbon use include installing four wind turbines on the site, which will generate 10% of the airport's electricity. The airport is also piloting the use of buses powered by liquid bio-methane fuel for passengers.
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