TUI’s Brussels Airport Solar Park: Powering Maintenance

TUI generates over 50% of its Brussels Airport maintenance hangar's electricity with a roof solar park. Eneco Solar installed 1,358 panels, addressing pilot glare concerns and security.

” The job began with a structural security research of the hangar to guarantee the structure’s security,” TUI claimed. “A roofing system and energy yield evaluation was then accomplished to assure the longevity of the investment and the setup’s viability. Technological changes to the existing lightning defense system were necessary.”

Hangar Security and Energy Evaluation

The hangar handles fleet maintenance and technological assistance for TUI fly Belgium, the German leisure tourism group’s subsidiary airline based at BRU. The provider runs a fleet of 15 Boeing 737s, four Jet A320s and 3 Embraer E170 aircraft, according to CAPA fleet information.

According to the team, the main obstacle was ensuring that representations off the panels would not affect pilots. Prior to BRU provided approval, TUI conducted a glare research study and technological analysis of just how representations could potentially present a safety problem.

Addressing Pilot Glare Concerns

TUI kept in mind mounting a roof solar park on airport terminal grounds “offered an one-of-a-kind technical and administrative obstacle,” in part as a result of “stringent security and exposure needs for pilots” flying in and out of BRU.

TUI Group is now generating over fifty percent of the electricity powering its design and maintenance garage at Brussels Airport (BRU) by means of a roof solar park, a project that entailed guaranteeing panel representations would not influence the sight of pilots flying in and out of the airport.

Unique Technical and Administrative Challenges

TUI contracted Dutch firm Eneco Solar to install 1,358 photovoltaic panels on the garage’s roof covering, giving an estimated yearly manufacturing of approximately 800 MWh of power, “equal to the typical electrical power usage of regarding 230 Belgian families,” the team noted. TUI claimed 53% of the garage’s electricity consumption originates from the rooftop panels.