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Delhi Airport moves to complete green energy from June 1
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IANS | 04 Jul, 2022
The
Delhi Airport has moved to green energy and uses only hydro and solar
power for all its energy needs since June 1. With this, the Delhi
Airport became the first airport in India to run entirely on hydro and
solar power.
This is a major step by the airport toward achieving the ambitious goal of becoming a Net Zero Carbon Emission Airport by 2030.
Delhi
International Airport Limited (DIAL), a GMR Infrastructure Limited
(GIL)-led consortium, which manages and operates the Delhi Airport, has
signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with a Himachal
Pradesh-based hydropower producing company for the supply of
hydroelectricity for the airport until 2036.
Approximately 6 per
cent of the airport's electricity requirement is met from the onsite
solar power plants. These plants are on the airside and on the roofs of
the Cargo terminals of the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport.
Since
June 1, the Delhi Airport has adopted renewable energy use from the
hydropower plant for its demand of the remaining 94%, thus ending its
dependency on non-renewable power. This move will help Delhi Airport in
the reduction of indirect energy emissions whopping 200,000 tonnes of
CO2 every year.
Besides, DIAL has a 7.84 MW solar power plant on
the airside, whereas as part of stakeholder collaboration, operators of
the Cargo terminals at Delhi Airport have added another 5.3 MW rooftop
solar power plant.
"DIAL has been working relentlessly towards
environmental sustainability and has set its target to make Delhi
Airport a Net Zero Carbon Emission airport by 2030, way ahead of the
global target of 2050. To achieve this, DIAL has adopted a Green
Transportation program recently and now we achieved another milestone of
the Green Energy Program for IGIA. Delhi Airport has been using solar
power for a long time and it is now fulfilling its major electricity
needs from a hydropower plant. Running Delhi Airport completely on
renewable sources of energy is indeed a major milestone achieved by
DIAL. This initiative has further consolidated DIAL's positioning as one
of the greenest airports globally," said DIAL CEO VidehKumar
Jaipuriar.
The DIAL has been continuously working towards
establishing sustainability initiatives at the Delhi Airport. The
company is focusing on various initiatives such as renewable energy
development and usage, energy efficiency, green building, programs with
airlines, operational efficiency measures, green transportation, tree
plantation, and management of greenhouse gases (GHG) as per the world
body of airport, Airport Council International's (ACI) Airport Carbon
Accreditation.
In another development DIAL has started testing
the full-body scanner at Terminal 2 in accordance with the directive of
Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). Objects can be detected using a
full-body scanner, which does not physically touch people or intrude
their privacy in any way.
As part of environmental sustainability
initiatives, DIAL has introduced TaxiBots at the IGI Airport in 2019.
The use of Taxibots by airlines has helped reduce the consumption of
fuel by an aircraft during taxiing, and correspondingly reduction of
carbon emissions.
As a part of the Green Transportation Program,
DIAL has initiated the adoption of the electric vehicle and, phase out
all the diesel- and petrol-run in a phased manner. In the first phase,
DIAL will procure 62 EVs that would join the fleet in three to four
months.
DIAL has also adopted the initiative to become a "single-use plastic-free airport", and got certified by a third-party agency.
DIAL
is working very closely with all our stakeholders to improve their
environmental performance as well. It has also rolled out various
employee engagement initiatives wherein employees can participate and
contribute toward environmental wellbeing.
The objective is to
take measures that go beyond compliance requirements, adopt a
collaborative approach along with our stakeholders and become a
sustainable aviation hub.
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