Airport wins third Green Apple award
23.11.11
East Midlands Airport has been awarded a Green Apple Environment Award for the fifth year in a row. At a presentation last week in the House of Commons the airport was recognised by the Green Organisation for environmental best practice. It was commended for successfully installing two commercial scale wind turbines - a UK airport first.
The airport worked with turbine manufacturers and the CAA for nearly 3 years to complete a comprehensive feasibility and planning process, including a robust safety case that allowed it to become the first in the country to install turbines of this scale on an airport site. Each of the turbines measure 45 metres including the rotor blades, which have a radius of 15 metres. Together they produce 5% of the airport's electricity, or enough to power 150 houses.
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