Da Nang International Airport uses solar power

(Baonghean.vn) 9.8 million USD is the total investment capital of the solar power system installation project jointly implemented by the Central Airports Corporation (MAC) and Methis Environmental Company (Kingdom of Belgium) at Da Nang International Airport.

The solar power project has just been granted an investment license by the People's Committee of Da Nang City. The project has a designed capacity of 2.5 MW, is expected to be completed in the next 6 months and put into operation from mid-July 2012. Accordingly, Da Nang International Airport will be the first airport in the country to use this solar power system.

Currently, Methis Environmental Company is implementing detailed planning, design and construction stages to ensure consistency, landscape suitability and safety for the international airport. The Central Airports Corporation provides land and supports construction sites... The two parties signed an agreement. After completion, MAC will be supported to buy electricity from Methis Environmental at a price about 5% lower than EVN.

Nhat Hung