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East Midlands Airport is to become the very first in the UK to plant its own willow farm to produce fuel to power its terminal. The 26-hectare woodland farm will be planted on a plot to the north of the airfield. It is going to be planted and harvested in phases over the next three years to supply a continual crop of willow to power the airport's new bio-mass boiler.
The farm is part of the hubs plan to become carbon neutral for its ground operations by 2012. The woods are anticipated to produce about 280 tonnes of wood fuel annually, saving 350 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions. Other plans to reduce carbon use include installing 4 wind turbines on the site, that 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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