Newcastle Airport is one step closer to making the transition to 100% renewable energy, thanks to a new partnership.
It's been announced today, a new energy purchase agreement has been signed by the airport and Flow Power.
The agreement with the leading renewable energy retailer, will see the airport achieve its reduced carbon emission target, 7 years ahead of schedule.
Already, the airport has installed a 99 kilowatt solar system, powering 4% of its needs.
There's future plans for more solar to take the renewable power supply to 30%
Under the new agreement, the plan is for the airport to offset grid consumption with green generation certificates, with the capacity to explore off-site sources in the future, including wind projects when they become available.
Newcastle Airport CEO Peter Cock, said he's excited to see the airport continue on it's road to a clean energy future.
"Effectively, all the energy we buy is being offset, so that takes about 2000 tonnes of carbon dioxide out of the environment," he said.
"Often people like to talk about it in terms of cars; it's like 500 cars being taken off the road."
