Lok Sabha Question No. 1534 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-09
Subject: Solar Energy Projects at Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY, KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

(To be answered On the gth March 2017)

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTIQN NO. : 1534

## SOLAR ENERGY PROJECTS AT AIRPORTS

## 1534. SHRI RA VINDRA KUMAR  PANDEY SHRI PRABHAKAR REDDY KOTHA

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government has recently directed civil aviation authority for generating additional solar energy at airports and has asked the airports to transmit surplus powers to power after meeting their own requirements; (b) if s0, whether it has been decided to provide solar energy generated at airports to cities; if s0, the details thereof; grids
- (d) whether there is & great delay taking place in the process of establishment of solar plants at these airports and if $0, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the detaiis of projects with their established capacity, sanctioned at various airports in the country along with Ranchi; airport-wise;
- (e) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to resolve their problems?

ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

(a) (b): In line with the Government's new initiative, the Airports Authority of its internai consumption; based On the capacity permissible under Net-Metering policy of States. AAI has completed installation %f solar power plants at 26 airportsllocations' with a total capacity of 12353 KWp:

(c): Airport/location-wise details of the Solar Power Plants installed AAI, including Ranchi Airport; by

- (d) & (e): Madam\_ However slight delay in setting up of solar power plant is mainly due to delay in obtaining various clearancesINOC from the Regulatory from DISCOM for connectivity and non-extension of Net-Metering facility for the Ground Mounted Solar Power Plants at Airports, etc AAI have already taken up the matter relating to setting up of Ground Mounted Solar Power Plants with Ministry of New & Renewable Energy: No, grid

## Solar Projects Installed & Commissioned

| SI. No.                              |                                      | State                                | Capacity in KWp   |
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------|
| Roof Top                             | Roof Top                             | Roof Top                             | Roof Top          |
|                                      | Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan                  | Delhi                                | 250               |
| 2                                    | Raipur                               | Chhattisgarh                         | 100               |
| 3                                    | Bhopal                               | Madhya Pradesh                       | 100               |
| 4                                    | Indore                               | Madhya Pradesh                       | 100               |
| 5                                    | Guwahati-I                           | Assam                                | 50                |
| 6                                    | Jaisalmer                            | Rajasthan                            | 100               |
| 7                                    | Bhubaneswar                          | Odisha                               | 100               |
|                                      | Amritsar                             | Punjab                               | 400               |
| 9                                    | Jaipur                               | Rajasthan                            | 100               |
| 10                                   | Lucknow                              | Uttar Pradesh                        | 500               |
| 11                                   | Kolkata                              | West Bengal                          | 2000              |
| 12                                   | Calicut                              | Kerala                               | 750               |
| 13                                   | Guwahati -Il                         | Assam                                | 250               |
| 14                                   | Chennai                              | Tamilnadu                            | 1500              |
| 15                                   | Patna                                | Bihar                                | 250               |
| 16                                   | Ranchi                               | Jharkhand                            | 250               |
| 17                                   | New operational office RED- Chennai  | Tamilnadu                            | 100               |
| 18                                   | Varanasi                             |                                      | 600               |
| 19                                   | Hyderabad_                           | Andhra Pradesh                       | 500               |
| 20                                   | Madurai                              | Tamilnadu                            | 170               |
| 21                                   | Ahmedabad                            | Gujarat                              | 700               |
| 22                                   | Bhuj                                 | Gujarat                              | 230               |
| 23                                   | RED office & ATS Complex Mumbai      | Maharashtra                          | 103.4             |
| 24                                   | Bagdogra                             | West bengal                          | 50                |
| 25                                   | Jodhpur                              | Rajasthan                            | 100               |
| (ARoof Top Capacity (ln KWp)         | (ARoof Top Capacity (ln KWp)         | (ARoof Top Capacity (ln KWp)         | 9353.4            |
| Ground Mounted                       | Ground Mounted                       | Ground Mounted                       | Ground Mounted    |
| 26                                   | Chandigarh                           | UT                                   | 3000              |
| (B) Ground Mounted Capacity (In KWp) | (B) Ground Mounted Capacity (In KWp) | (B) Ground Mounted Capacity (In KWp) | 3000              |
| Total Capacity (A+B) (In KWp)        | Total Capacity (A+B) (In KWp)        | Total Capacity (A+B) (In KWp)        | 12353             |

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