The Indianapolis International Airport is looking for a developer to erect thousands of electricity-generating solar panels on 30 acres of land near the end of a runway. The 10 megawatts of electricity they would generate every hour would be sold to Indianapolis Power and Light.
Airport officials tell The Indianapolis Star the solar farm would send a highly visible message of public support for renewable energy.
The airport would lease the property to a company that would build and operate the solar arrays. Other airports, including Denver and Fresno, Calif., have money-making solar farms near runways on property not suitable for other development.
SOURCE: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/sns-ap-in--airport-solarpower,0,930639.story
