Audits of all solar parks at all Estonian Airports have completed recently, it means that it will not be long until Tallinn Airport becomes a greener airport. The construction of these solar parks aims to reduce the amount of CO2 from energy consumption and move towards to the use of renewable energy.
Riivo Tuvike, the Chairman of the Management Board at Tallinn Airport said,
“This year we built seven 50 kW stations in Estonian airports: two in Tallinn, two in Pärnu and one in Tartu, Kärdla and Kuressaare with total cost of 235,000 euros. This, however, is the beginning of a longer journey. Next year, for example, we intend to build two 500 kW stations in Tallinn and in 2022, there are plans to build another two stations with of least 1 MW,”
With a purpose of building additional solar parks, Tallinn Airport participated also in the reverse auction of renewable energy, organised by the state, where the solar parks with total capacity of 1 MW planned in Tallinn for the next year proved successful. This sustainable and responsible attitude towards the surrounding environment is a value widely appreciated by all employees of the Tallinn Airport.
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“The parks built this year are producing nearly 2% of the annual own electricity consumption of our group. When looking at regional airports only, the park in Pärnu produces 34% of the local need, the park in Kärdla 21, Tartu 8% and Kuressaare 19% of the need of their respective airport. After we have realised the projects, launched for today, by the end of 2022, we will be producing ca 30% of the required electricity,” Tuvike added and underlined that the long-term goal for the airports throughout Estonia is to consume 100% of renewable energy.
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