A new study published by the researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology claimed that if Australia setups solar panels on top of all 21 of its government-owned airports, the country could successfully generate an estimated 466 Gigawatt hours (GWh) of electrical energy each year.
This would be enough electricity to power 136,000 homes.
Furthermore, researchers added that if the country installs large-scale solar panels at the airports, they would generate 10 times more electricity than the city’s 17,000 residential panels. Further, it would also help in getting rid of 151.6 kilotons of greenhouse gasses annually, reports EureAlert.
