International Airport Review
Holly Miles
25 August 2025
Venice Airport’s bold sustainability strategy blends agrivoltaics, hydrogen, AI, and biodiversity protection, proving that the future of aviation must be innovative, integrated, and deeply human-centred. Head of Sustainability at Gruppo SAVE Group, Davide Bassano, tells International Airport Review.
The group has committed to achieving net zero by 2030 – a highly ambitious timeline – and it’s backing that pledge with action. “We fixed the target to be net zero within 2030, so it’s a very short time,” said Davide. “In the next master plan, we’ve already planned to dismiss any fossil fuel and to provide all energy demands of the airport with renewable power sources.”
One of the most innovative parts of this plan is a 68 MW agrivoltaic system – solar panels installed above land still usable for agriculture. “It seems quite smart, actually, because we don’t deplete any environmental value of the ground and at the same time we match the energy demands of the airport,” he explained. The project is currently undergoing environmental ministry approval.
