Lift-off for alternate power at Belfast airport

On a day that summer forgot, with grey skies and torrential showers, Belfast International Airport is buzzing with people departing for sunnier climes.

And, contradictory though it sounds, the neighbouring solar farm is helping them on their way.

Crookedstone Solar Farm provides 27% of the airport’s electricity needs. Even during the dullest of periods on the greyest of days, such as this day, it is producing at 25%-30% of its capacity.