Munich Airport is enhancing sustainability with the opening of Bavaria’s largest charging park in parking garage P44, opposite the LabCampus innovation hub. Passengers and airport visitors travelling in electric cars can now ‘refuel’ their vehicles at one of the 138 charging stations on Level 4 of the P44 parking garage. These stations have a nominal output of 11 kilowatts and a maximum output of up to 22 kilowatts, providing renewable energy. This solar power comes from two photovoltaic systems located on the roofs of the P44 and P43 parking garages. A total of 7,216 PV modules were installed for this purpose. The modules have a total maximum output of three megawatts, which is roughly equivalent to the average energy demand of 1,000 three-person households. To date, Munich Airport has invested around €5.2 million of its own funds in the project, which is being carried out in collaboration with regional companies.
“Parking spaces with charging facilities for electric vehicles are a basic requirement for sustainable mobility on the campus,” said Jost Lammers, CEO, Munich Airport. “The creation of the charging park is therefore an important part of Munich Airport’s climate protection strategy. It allows us to link various sectors at our airport – namely energy generation, mobility, and the power grid infrastructure. In this respect, this project serves as a model and blueprint for further construction projects across the entire campus.”
With publicly accessible ‘e-charging stations’ and the charging infrastructure for electric vehicles and devices used on the airport aprons, Munich Airport currently has over 1,140 charging points. Today, the PV systems on the roofs of the airport buildings generate around seven megawatts at peak times. Thanks to additional systems on roofs and open spaces, the output is expected to increase to around 50 megawatts by 2030.
With its ‘NetZero 2035 Strategy’ Munich Airport has set itself the goal of leaving no climate-damaging CO2 in the atmosphere by 2035 at the latest. To achieve this goal, the airport is reducing all emissions that it can influence itself, including those from energy production and vehicle operation. However, the airport’s commitment also aims to reduce emissions caused by third parties, such as those generated by travel to and from the airport.
