New Delhi: The airport operators, including Airports Authority of India (AAI), have installed solar power plants at various locations/airports for the generation and self-consumption of green and renewable energy to encourage green energy usage at the airports. In addition, a few airports are also procuring green energy through open access.
Since 2014, a total of 73 airports have switched over to 100% green energy usage.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has taken initiatives to work towards carbon neutrality at airports in the country and organized knowledge-sharing sessions to standardise the Carbon Accounting and Reporting framework of Indian airports, as well as to create awareness of climate change mitigation. Further, airport operators with scheduled operations have been advised to map the carbon emissions at their respective airports and to work towards carbon neutrality and net-zero emissions in a phased manner.
Delhi Airport has been a carbon-neutral airport since 2016, in line with the Airport Carbon Accreditation program.
This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Murlidhar Mohol, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha on August 1, 2024. /BI
