Africa’s First Solar-Powered Airport

George Airport (GRJ), located between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, has now become the first airport in Africa to run on solar energy. GRJ, which opened last week, cost just over a million dollars to construct.

South Africa’s George Airport becomes the continent’s first solar-powered airporthttps://t.co/qdZaLxYY3r pic.twitter.com/br6Jo1Feoa

— This Is Africa (@ThisIsAfricaTIA) March 1, 2016

#GeorgeAirport plant provides 41% daily energy demand. The airport is off power grid during the day, on at night. NM pic.twitter.com/ec46YrULil

— EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) February 26, 2016

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[Featured Image: Reuters/Enrique De La Osa]