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Given their wide-open requirements with no shade or other obstructions blocking sunlight, large airport structures such as hangars make perfect platforms to support solar arrays, a fact that is being utilized in areas such as California. (Photo: Clay Lacy Aviation)
With sustainability becoming a major focus in business aviation, more hangar keepers, particularly in California with its abundant sunshine, are turning to solar energy to power their operations. Among the latest are Clay Lacy Aviation at Van Nuys Airport (VNY) and Aeroplex/Aerolease Group at Long Beach Airport (LGB).
Clay Lacy this week announced it completed the installation of a 500-kW, 1,242-panel solar array covering nearly 30,000 sq ft of the roof of its headquarters, hangar, and maintenance facility at VNY. The electricity generated each year will offset 530 metric tons of CO2, the same amount generated by driving a passenger car 1.3 million miles, and will reduce the facilities’