SA's third solar-powered airport launched

Minister of transport Dipuo
Peters unveiled South Africa’s
third airport solar plant at
Upington International Airport
in the Northern Cape last
Friday.
She said the new plant had
a lifespan of 25 years and was
designed to deliver 1 040 500
kilowatt hours of power per
annum to meet the operational
needs of the airport.
It is the second plant of its
kind in the Northern Cape
province and, according to
Jabulani Khambule, Airports
Company South Africa (Acsa)
general manager of regional
airports, will contribute to
energy conservation within the
Northern Cape region.
“The cost of the project
amounted to R12. 2 million,”
Khambule said, adding that
Acsa would complete solar
plants at all six of its regional
airports at an estimated total
cost of R90 million.
The other three remaining
regional airports are Port
Elizabeth International
Airport, East London Airport
and Bram Fischer International
Airport in Bloemfontein.
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Jabulani Khambule and Dipuo Peters unveiled a new solar plant at Upington
International Airport last week.