Bristol Airport has added 2.8 acres of solar PV to its renewable energy resource, adding 1.5GWh to its annual generation. On site renewable energy will now meet over 10% of the airport’s annual energy needs.
Bristol Airport target is 25% self-sufficiency by 2025 with reduced gas use, air source heat pumps and low-energy LED lighting.
3ti designed and delivered the ground-mounted PV, which has 2,968 panels across three steel-framed structures that sit low to the ground, using recycled railway sleepers to negate the need for deep piling.
Richard Lees, Delivery Director at 3ti, said: “The installation at Bristol Airport posed a new set of challenges for us which involved many practical and functional considerations, including glare positioning and the impact on key stakeholders such as residents, airport users and the plane spotting community.
“We can now add airports to the list of destinations and workplaces that benefit from our installations providing renewable solar energy”.