Royal Schiphol Group will collaborate with network operator Liander to create a new high-voltage substation.
The move will provide Schiphol with more capacity on the grid. The new high-voltage substation will supply power to the Dutch hub’s terminal and offices, among other locations, and will contribute to making the airport more sustainable.
Schiphol's ambition is for all its own buildings at the airport to be off the gas grid by 2030. Schiphol and Liander have signed a cooperation agreement for the construction and management of the new station.
“Schiphol has been working for years to make the airport more sustainable. We have already achieved a lot, but we still have a long way to go. We are busy accelerating our sustainability goals. The construction of this new high-voltage substation contributes to accelerating the energy transition at Schiphol, for example, in our ambition to phase out gas in terminals 1 and 2,” said Sybren Hahn, director asset management, Royal Schiphol Group
The buildings will blend into the landscape like a hill
Construction of new station
The new substation will not have a standard layout. A robust, future-proof power source is being developed by Schiphol in collaboration with BAM, partly for the benefit of Liander. The buildings will blend into the landscape like a hill by covering them with a green dome on which a mix of trees, shrubs and herbs will grow. In combination with the adjacent water storage, this will create space for biodiversity and nature. The station is a robust and future-proof power source that will last 40 to 60 years, according to Schiphol. Construction is scheduled to begin at the beginning of 2024.
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