Projects are underway in India to install captive solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems at the country's airports, exploiting innovative funding models and long-term power purchase agreements. However, the country's grid power operators are refusing to purchase any excess power, finds Raghavendra Verma
The Airports Authority of India (AAI), which is owned by the Indian government, plans to generate 50 MW of electric power from solar plants at 30 airports by the end of 2015. A communiqué issued in May 2014 noted that the plan was designed to reduce the sector's dependence on India's unreliable grid power and eschew supplementary diesel generators.
At least eight of India's 130 airports, including those owned by private companies such as the Indira Gandhi International Airport in the capital, New Delhi, already had functional solar power systems, operating smoothly before the announcement of the solar expansion plan. Other Indian airports already fitted with solar power systems or currently obtaining such power sources include Indore city's Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport, Raipur's Swami Vivekananda Airport, Bhubaneswar's Biju Patnaik International Airport, Bhopal's Raja Bhoj Airport, Amritsar's Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport, Chandigarh Airport, Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Guwahati's Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport and Jaisalmer Airport.
19/03/15 Cogeneration & on-site Power Production
The Airports Authority of India (AAI), which is owned by the Indian government, plans to generate 50 MW of electric power from solar plants at 30 airports by the end of 2015. A communiqué issued in May 2014 noted that the plan was designed to reduce the sector's dependence on India's unreliable grid power and eschew supplementary diesel generators.
At least eight of India's 130 airports, including those owned by private companies such as the Indira Gandhi International Airport in the capital, New Delhi, already had functional solar power systems, operating smoothly before the announcement of the solar expansion plan. Other Indian airports already fitted with solar power systems or currently obtaining such power sources include Indore city's Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport, Raipur's Swami Vivekananda Airport, Bhubaneswar's Biju Patnaik International Airport, Bhopal's Raja Bhoj Airport, Amritsar's Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport, Chandigarh Airport, Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Guwahati's Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport and Jaisalmer Airport.
19/03/15 Cogeneration & on-site Power Production
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