NEW DELHI: The aviation ministry has asked all airports in the country to install solar energy plants on the lines of the Kochi airport, the world first aerodrome that runs completely on solar power.
Union aviation minister Ashok Gajapati Raju told EThe has asked Airports Authority of India (AAI) to make at least four airports energy neutral in the first phase ending February 2017—which means these aerodromes will generate electricity through solar energy— and start work on other airports simultaneously.
"I have asked AAI to work towards fulfilling their power needs by harnessing solar energy. Four AAI airports will be producing more than their requirement as they migrate to solar energy between now and February 2017," Raju told ET, adding that the airports at Bhubaneswar, Madurai, Gaya and Varanasi will be taken up in the first phase.
09/12/15 Mihir Mishra/The Economic Times
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Union aviation minister Ashok Gajapati Raju told EThe has asked Airports Authority of India (AAI) to make at least four airports energy neutral in the first phase ending February 2017—which means these aerodromes will generate electricity through solar energy— and start work on other airports simultaneously.
"I have asked AAI to work towards fulfilling their power needs by harnessing solar energy. Four AAI airports will be producing more than their requirement as they migrate to solar energy between now and February 2017," Raju told ET, adding that the airports at Bhubaneswar, Madurai, Gaya and Varanasi will be taken up in the first phase.
09/12/15 Mihir Mishra/The Economic Times
