BAA is looking at ways to minimise future disruptions caused from snow and ice that brought chaos to Heathrow last winter when the airport was in a standstill for 5 days.
BAA are working alongside a mystery private company about the possibility of storing the heat from the summer sun in the runway, then using that heat in the winter to stop planes from being stuck in their stands.
The idea is to dig holes in the tarmac that will house the Geo-Thermal technology this will store the heat from the runway which will in turn heat water which will be pumped to the slabs of concrete where the planes are.
BAA have not yet confirmed the cost of the project but have initiated a facelift to one of the terminals may take a back seat to help finance the technology.
Tuesday, 19 April 2011
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