Two of the nation’s busiest international airports will soon be the first to use renewable energy.
Denver International Airport will have a 2 megawatt (MW) solar installation and John F. Kennedy International Airport in NY, will have a police facility that runs on geothermal power.
At Denver’s airport – the fifth busiest in the country – visitors will notice the 2 MW PV display at the main entrance. WorldWater & Solar Technologies Corp. (OTCBB:WWAT.OB) is building the array, to be finished in 2008. It will be financed, owned and operated by MMA Renewable Ventures LLC, a subsidiary of Municipal Mortgage & Equity (NYSE: MMA) through a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA).
The project is part of the Xcel Energy Solar*Rewards program and will receive a rebate to offset the upfront construction costs. Xcel Energy will purchase the renewable energy credits from the solar energy produced in support of Colorado’s Renewable Energy Standard, which requires large utilities to generate 20 percent of their power from renewable energy sources by 2020.
NY’s JFK Building 254 will run on geothermal. There’s more to come: Port Authority Chairman Anthony Coscia announced in May the agency would reduce greenhouse gas emissions from Port Authority facilities 80% from 2006 levels by 2050.
Other Port Authority capital projects in the works include replacing fluorescents with LED lighting on the George Washington Bridge and in the Holland Tunnel and an advanced energy metering system at all Port Authority facilities. The cost for the four projects totals $12.2 million and will save annual energy and maintenance costs amounting to $400,000.
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