Climate-Neutral Aviation in Cooperation with Photovoltaic Installation

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Pilot & Keynote-Speaker Morell Westerman & Renewable Energy company WINDPOWER offer electric aircraft in exchange for suitable areas for photovoltaic installations within Germany – one step closer to a climate-neutral way of electric aviation.

Two innovative projects link Swiss Keynote-Speaker Morell Westermann & the WINDPOWER Group from Regensburg: the electric world record flight as a milestone in the further development of private electric aviation & the installation of a solar power plant at the airfield of Burg Feuerstein. The idea of harvesting the sustainable power of the sun connects WINDPOWER to the vision & mission of the project “electric world record flight”: both, solar energy & its use as fuel in electric aviation are climate-friendly, quiet & highly efficient.

Solarpark at the airport neuhardenbergEarning money with photovoltaics on unused areas:
Numerous individuals, businesses, agriculture & industry are already providing roofs & land to generate solar power. Fallow land at airports is perfectly suitable for the installation of photovoltaic systems, which generate climate-friendly electricity for onsite consumption.

Throughout numerous projects, WINDPOWER transferred their expertise gained in the wind industry since 1995 to the photovoltaic sector. The company’s focus lies on the installation of high-performance photovoltaic systems on momentarily unused areas such as commercial or industrial roof tops & fallow lying land – for example at airports.

Armin Schmid head of project development photovoltaics at windpower“Our goal is to expand infrastructure for electromobility & prepare the airfields for solar aviation with the help of photovoltaics. To this end, we have joined forces with Morell Westermann. Together we developed the deal “electric aircraft for areas” which makes it possible for our clients to earn money out of their unused land – & at the same time take the next step toward climate-neutral aviation.” – Armin Schmid, Head of Project Development Photovoltaics at WINDPOWER

Here is how the “Flugzeug gegen Fläche“ (“Electric aircraft for area”) project works: For each 5 hectares (50.000m2) of land within Germany that the airfield operators or l& owners make available to the Windpower company for the construction of a modern solar park, they receive a Velis Electro airplane in exchange. The generated solar power opens huge possibilities for the installation of climate-friendly charging infrastructure.

solar power plant ant burg feurstein airfieldThe onsite consumption of the generated solar power is an ideal solution for a large part of operationally used real estate. Precisely this synergy of grid expansion, power generation & onsite consumption makes photovoltaic projects at airfields so exciting when thinking of future ways of aviation & of cause climate protection.

Roof top areas at airports can also be “exchanged”: for up from 1,000 m², for example, the charging infrastructure for electric cars can be set up.

At the customer’s request, we will of course implement the projects with flexible rental or lease models. You want to get your free electric aircraft? Visit our website for an analysis of the photovoltaic potential of your area – without commitment or cost.

mMorell Westermann futurologist engineer and pilotMorell Westermann is a futurologist, engineer & pilot. He analyses the megatrends of the next ten years & examines various developments in technologies that will shape our society in the future.

As an expert on the topics of aviation, electromobility & digitalization, he points the way to a CO₂-neutral society. Morell regularly appears at events & congresses as a keynote speaker, moderator & as an expert on German & Swiss television.

His electric world record flight from the Alps to the North Sea has earned him a reputation for not only talking about the issues, but also making the innovations tangible to audiences. Several thousand readers a month visit his blog on e-mobility topics.

The two engineers Hans Lenz & Willi Braun founded WINDPOWER in 1995. Their vision was to develop & expand renewable energy capacities in their home region – based on the participation of as many citizens as possible in the financial returns of the power plants. To date, the team has (co-)installed around 70 wind & solar power plants & operates a renewable energy park with more than 110 megawatts of installed capacity. Those power plants provide an amount of 210 million kilowatt-hours per year that saves us an amount of 240,000 tons of CO2 compared to lignite based energy production

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