Currently, 86 airports across the country are using green energy, of which the share of green energy in the total airport energy consumption is 100% for 55 airports. The list of these airports is in Annexure.
However, the use of conventional energy sources is the main source of carbon emissions at airports and therefore replacing non-renewable energy with green energy helps reduce the airport’s carbon footprint. Therefore, MoCA has advised all operating airports with scheduled operations and developers of upcoming Greenfield Airports to work towards achieving carbon neutrality and net zeroing which, among other things, includes the use of green energy.
Airports around the world continuously focus on the use of renewable/green energy. According to the Airports Council International (ACI) accreditation programme, airports such as Heathrow, Bristol and London Gatwick in the United Kingdom (UK), Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Athens in Greece, Oslo in Norway, Brussels in Belgium, Budapest in Hungary, Copenhagen in Denmark, San Diego in USA, Vancouver in Canada, Sharjah in UAE etc. have achieved Carbon Neutrality using a range of measures which also include the use of green/renewable energy.
This information was given by the Minister of State at the Ministry of Civil Aviation Gen. (Dr) VK Singh (Retd) in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
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