From left: Minister Jerry Buttimer, TD; Brian Warren, Greenvolt Next; Niall MacCarthy, Cork Airport; Minister Darragh O'Brien, TD; Seamus McGrath, TD; and John Carty, Greenvolt Next. Image: Darragh Kane
Around 3,700 solar panels and five inverters are expected to generate 1.5GWh of renewable energy annually.
Cork Airport has announced a new solar-power-roofed car park that could generate up to 20pc of the airport’s electricity needs. Construction for the 1.7MW ‘carport’ – Ireland’s largest-ever – is expected to conclude by August 2027.
The project is a part of the DAA Group’s €200m investment commitments across Cork Airport. The Irish government has backed the project with €2m in exchequer funding under the Regional State Airports Sustainability Programme.
The new carport is being built over the existing Holiday Blue car park, in collaboration with Greenvolt Next, a Lisbon-based renewable energy solutions provider. The company’s Irish wing, based out of Waterford, has installed photovoltaic panels for the likes of pharmaceutical company Temmler, AW Ennis, fintech Fexco and Dublin Airport.
