Kochi: International Solar Alliance (ISA) Director Upendra Tripadi informed that
it would convene an international summit for the managing directors of the airports of members
countries to decipher possibilities of repeating the CIAL model in global level.
Addressing media at the CIAL, about 40 km from here he said it was expected that airport managers from about 50 airport across the world would take part in the summit, to know about the success and experience of the CIAL solar energy fields. Appreciating the CIAL efforts to attain self-reliance in energy through solar and informed that representatives of 20 airports from the country as well as foreign would visit CIAL to know about the of solar energy, its technology and model. ISA director general Upendra Tripati said that the organization was overwhelmed by the success of CIAL model.
"They really proved that high energy consumer like an airport can rely upon alternative energy sources. This has to be taken in another level. We plan to organize an international summit for the airport managing directors of the member countries so that they can replicate the model."
He also expressed the hope that they were keen to appoint CIAL as its consultancy in other airports, once implementing solar energy system there. In his reply CIAL Managing Director P J Kurian expressed his readiness and said CIAL managing director said that the company was all set to provide consultancy service to the member countries.
"We are glad to know that other countries are keenly interested in our solar model. We have no qualms in sharing with them the technical knowhow of establishing solar power plants at their airports," he added. CIAL achieved power neutral status in August 2015 and won 'Champions of the Earth award' in 2018; the highest environmental honour instituted by the United Nations. At present CIAL’s total installed capacity is 40 MWp producing 1.63 lakhs unit of power a day whereas the requirement stands at 1.53 lakhs units.
22/05/19 UNI
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Addressing media at the CIAL, about 40 km from here he said it was expected that airport managers from about 50 airport across the world would take part in the summit, to know about the success and experience of the CIAL solar energy fields. Appreciating the CIAL efforts to attain self-reliance in energy through solar and informed that representatives of 20 airports from the country as well as foreign would visit CIAL to know about the of solar energy, its technology and model. ISA director general Upendra Tripati said that the organization was overwhelmed by the success of CIAL model.
"They really proved that high energy consumer like an airport can rely upon alternative energy sources. This has to be taken in another level. We plan to organize an international summit for the airport managing directors of the member countries so that they can replicate the model."
He also expressed the hope that they were keen to appoint CIAL as its consultancy in other airports, once implementing solar energy system there. In his reply CIAL Managing Director P J Kurian expressed his readiness and said CIAL managing director said that the company was all set to provide consultancy service to the member countries.
"We are glad to know that other countries are keenly interested in our solar model. We have no qualms in sharing with them the technical knowhow of establishing solar power plants at their airports," he added. CIAL achieved power neutral status in August 2015 and won 'Champions of the Earth award' in 2018; the highest environmental honour instituted by the United Nations. At present CIAL’s total installed capacity is 40 MWp producing 1.63 lakhs unit of power a day whereas the requirement stands at 1.53 lakhs units.
22/05/19 UNI
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