“Eleftherios Venizelos” airport greener and more sustainable in 2022

With the new large photovoltaic park, with a capacity of 16 MWp, expected to be completed within 2022, Athens Airport enters the final stretch to achieve the goal of zero carbon footprint in 2025.

Athens International Airport, which from 2005 to 2021 has reduced its footprint by more than 40%, despite the severe impact of the pandemic, which brought a huge reduction in passenger traffic and led to the postponement of most investments, remained true to the vision to become the greenest airport in Europe.

As part of the ambitious "Route 2025" initiative, it aims to generate clean energy inside the airport through photovoltaics for own-consumption, in order to fully meet its electricity needs, which corresponds to about 90% of the company's current carbon footprint. The 2025 milestone is much shorter than the 2050 target announced by European airports in June 2019.

The tender for the first phase of the project that concerns the design, construction, operation and maintenance of a photovoltaic park, with a capacity of 16 MWp, is in the phase of evaluation of bids. The project is expected to be completed in 2022 and put into operation in 2023. It is recalled that the "green light" was given by the Energy Regulatory Authority (RAE) last May. Already, in the area of ​​the airport, a photovoltaic installation of 8 MWp has been operating since 2011, an investment of then 20 million euros.

It is noted that "Eleftherios Venizelos" is the only Carbon Neutral airport in Greece, ie it records a neutral carbon balance, having received the relevant certification of the Airport Carbon Accreditation program of the International Airports Council of Europe (ACI-Europe) since 2016.

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