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Fraport Gets €8.7m Grant for Airport Electrification
Fraport secures €8.7m German grant to electrify ground power at Frankfurt Airport.
In brief
Fraport secures €8.7m German grant to electrify ground power at Frankfurt Airport. Fraport will install battery-electric ground power systems at Frankfurt Airport by 2030 to cut emissions. Originally reported by Dealroom.
Grant Details
Fraport has secured roughly €8.7 million in German federal funding to expand battery-electric ground power and preconditioned air systems for parked aircraft at Frankfurt Airport.
Funding Breakdown
The larger share, about €8.5 million, will fund preconditioned air systems at 18 parking positions in Terminal 1's Concourse A by 2029, with plans for 22 by 2029.
Endgame Target
Fraport aims to equip all 252 aircraft parking positions with either fixed ground power connections or mobile battery-electric GPUs by 2030 to meet net zero emissions goals.
What it means
Fraport will install battery-electric ground power systems at Frankfurt Airport by 2030 to cut emissions.
