Solar photovoltaic client case study – EL DORADO AIRPORT – Bogotá DC
El Dorado, Bogotá’s international airport, is one of the largest in Latin America.
Project context
El Dorado airport, decided in 2018 to pioneer the use of renewable energies. With the implementation of the project,12% of the airport’s energy demand is supplied by rooftop solar panels.
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Project highlights
- Lifting loads over 30 metres high
- Solar panels could not be stored on the roof
- Strict security controls for personnel and mobility restrictions
- Complex AC cabling routes
- Special cranes for material handling
- Close coordination with security personnel
- Innovative strategies to meet specific site and environmental requirements (anti-glare panels, low-light performance, etc.).
- Over 10,000 panels installed on 27,000m²
- Meet the client’s logistical and process constraints, without impacting the worksite
- Work on an occupied site without affecting airport operations
- Energy transition pioneer image
- Availability of off-grid energy at controlled rates
- Type of contract: EEA | Roof
- Number of sites: 1
- Start of contract: 08/2018
- Length of contract: 1 year
Project key figures
2,8 MWp
installed capacity
3,94 GWh
Annual production
1 357 tons
CO2 emissions avoided
Avoided carbon emissions equivalent to
6 785 trees
planted
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