Sustainable airports

SFO to support grid flex alerts

San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has outlined its energy conservation plans to voluntarily support Flex Alerts

DFW breaks ground on eCUP

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) has broken ground on the construction of a new electric Central Utility Plant (eCUP)

Schiphol deploys new e-GPUs

Fuel generators at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol are being replaced by 30 new electric Ground Power Units (e-GPUs)

Heathrow trials lower-carbon concrete

Heathrow has begun exploring the viability of lower carbon concrete, which cuts emissions by 50% compared to a conventional concrete

Further electrification on cards for Schiphol

Royal Schiphol Group will collaborate with network operator Liander to create a new high-voltage substation at the Amsterdam hub

Arup and WWU release hydrogen report

New fuels and technologies will account for between one half and three-quarters of the reduction of carbon emissions in aviation by 2050

Malmö to invest in electric aviation

Airport operator Swedavia is to make Malmö Airport available as a test arena for Heart Aerospace’s ES-30 electric aircraft

Tallinn Airport to be carbon neutral by 2025   

Estonia’s Tallinn Airport is on course to achieve carbon neutrality by 2025 – five years earlier than originally planned

Hyderabad moves to 100% green energy

GMR Hyderabad International Airport (GHIAL) has moved to 100% sustainable green energy both on-campus and across its ecosystem

Hydrogen buses head to Gatwick

£30m has been invested in a pioneering hydrogen bus fleet and refuelling station for services in and around London Gatwick Airport

Vinci helps tackle greenhouse gases

Vinci Airports and France’s Rhône Chamber of Agriculture have launched the first local agricultural project with a ‘field crops’ low-carbon label

Menzies reveals net-zero ambitions 

Menzies Aviation has announced its net-zero commitment for scope 1, 2, and 3 CO2e emissions across the company by 2045