Dulles International Airport could be among a growing number of airports nationwide to install solar arrays on otherwise undevelopable land.
Under the proposed Dulles deal, Dominion would lease land from the airports authority, which manages Dulles and Reagan National airports. MWAA would not receive traditional rent payments, but instead, Dominion would build two 1-megawatt solar carports to provide power for the airport and give the authority 18 electric buses and 50 electric vehicles. Dominion also would provide the airports authority with charging infrastructure for the vehicles.
“The FAA supports these projects as long as they do not affect the safety and efficiency of the airport and the airport’s ability to satisfy existing and future aviation demand,” the agency said in a statement. “The solar project at Washington Dulles International Airport meets these criteria.”A preliminary environmental assessment of the project’s possible effects was completed last year, looking at possible sites for the solar development.
Indianapolis International Airport will generate more than $9 million from land it leases to a private company for a 183-acre solar farm, the first phase of which began operating in 2013. The development’s more than 87,000 solar panels produce enough energy to power 3,675 homes. Pavel Molchanov, an energy analyst with financial services firm Raymond James, said Dominion’s investment at Dulles comes as a growing number of companies are shifting to renewable self-generated energy as part of the environmental, social and governance goals.
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