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"The Gold Coast and Townsville airports in Queensland will both switch to 100
per cent renewable energy at the beginning of 2025, ensuring clean energy
operations for the more than 8 million passenger journeys averaged each year.
From midnight January 1, 2025, the Gold Coast and Townsville airports – both
of which are operated by Queensland Airports Limited (QAL) – will switch to
100 per cent renewable energy thanks to a new seven-year power purchase
agreement with state-owned electricity company CS Energy.
Power for operations ranging from lighting and air conditioning to escalators
and charging stations will be provided from renewable energy projects from CS
Energy’s offtake portfolio in regional Queensland such as Kennedy Energy Park
and solar farms at Columboola, Hughenden, and Moura.
In total, energy demand from the two airports will amount to around 30GWh each
year.
The switch to 100 per cent renewable energy is part of the larger master plans
for Gold Coast and Townsville airports which are anticipating major expansions
to support anticipated growth in the lead up to the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic
Games.
Specifically, annual passenger journeys through Gold Coast and Townsville
airports are expected to double to 16 million by 2044 due to increased service
demand generated by growing industry and tourism sectors in the two regions."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
