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Airport solar array cut runway-lighting electricity use by roughly 86%, staff say
5492603 · June 13, 2025
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Airport staff reported an 86% reduction in utility costs for runway lights after installing a solar array and said the airport will use accrued credits in lower-generation months; staff also discussed a planned educational solar tour with the city’s climate coordinator.
Airport staff told the commission that the airport’s recently installed solar array has dramatically reduced electricity use for runway lights and that staff expect to use credit built during high-generation months in winter.
An airport operations staff member said, “we are as far as…
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