Lok Sabha Question No. 2443 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-03
Subject: Usefulness of Green Energy at Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Debasree Chaudhuri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

Lok Sabha

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 2443

( TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  3rd August 2023 )

## USEFULNESS OF GREEN ENERGY AT AIRPORTS

2443.     MS. DEBASREE CHAUDHURI Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a)  the  number  of  airports  in  the  country  using  green  energy  at
- present and the details thereof, airport-wise;
- (b)  whether  a  study  has  been  conducted  about  the  usefulness  of green energy at the airports and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  Government  will  extend  this  facility  in  other  airports also and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  the  details  of  countries  which  are  extensively  using  green energy at the airports?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of (GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD))

CIVIL  AVIATION

(a): Presently, 86 airports across the country are using green energy out of  which  share  of  green  energy  in  airport's  total  energy consumption  is  100%  for  55  airports.  List  of  these  airports  is  at Annexure.;

- (b)  &  (c):  No  such  study  has  been  conducted  by  Ministry  of  Civil Aviation (MoCA). However, use of conventional sources of energy is the prime source of carbon emission at airports and thus replacing non-renewable  energy  with  green  energy  helps  in  reducing  the carbon footprint of the airport. Therefore, MoCA has advised all the operational  airports  with  scheduled  operations  and  developers  of the upcoming Greenfield Airports to work towards achieving Carbon Neutrality & Net Zero which inter-alia includes use of green energy.;

(d):  Airports  across  the  globe  are  continuously  focusing  on  use  of renewable/green energy. As per the Accreditation programme of the Airports Council International (ACI), airports like Heathrow, Bristol & London Gatwick in United Kingdom (UK), Amsterdam in Netherland, Athens in Greece, Oslo in Norway, Brussels in Belgium, Budapest in Hungary, Copenhagen in Denmark, San Diego in United States, Vancouver in Canada, Sharjah in United Arab Emirates etc. have  achieved  Carbon  Neutrality  by  using  a  series  of  measures which also include use of green/renewable energy.

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Annexure Statement referred in reply to Lok Sabha USQ No. 2443 for answer on 03.08.2023

|   S No. | Name of the Airport   |
|---------|-----------------------|
|       1 | Adampur               |
|       2 | Agartala              |
|       3 | Ahmedabad             |
|       4 | Akola                 |
|       5 | Amritsar              |
|       6 | Aurangabad            |
|       7 | Bagdogra              |
|       8 | Bareilley             |
|       9 | Begumpet              |
|      10 | Behala                |
|      11 | Belagavi              |
|      12 | Bengaluru             |
|      13 | Bhopal                |
|      14 | Bhubaneswar           |
|      15 | Bhuj                  |
|      16 | Calicut               |
|      17 | Chennai               |
|      18 | Cochin                |
|      19 | Coimbatore            |
|      20 | Cooch Behar           |
|      21 | Dehradun              |
|      22 | Delhi                 |
|      23 | Dibrugarh             |
|      24 | Dimapur               |
|      25 | Gaya                  |
|      26 | Gondia                |
|      27 | Gorakhpur             |
|      28 | Guwahati              |
|      29 | Gwalior               |
|      30 | HAL, Ozar (Nashik)    |
|      31 | Hindon                |
|      32 | Hollongi              |
|      33 | Hubballi              |
|      34 | Hyderabad             |
|      35 | Imphal                |
|      36 | Indore                |
|      37 | Jabalpur              |
|      38 | Jaipur                |
|      39 | Jaisalmer             |

|   S No. | Name of the Airport   |
|---------|-----------------------|
|      44 | Jorhat                |
|      45 | Juhu                  |
|      46 | Kangra                |
|      47 | Kanpur (Chakeri)      |
|      48 | Kanpur (Civil)        |
|      49 | Khajuraho             |
|      50 | Kishangarh            |
|      51 | Kolhapur              |
|      52 | Kolkata               |
|      53 | Kullu                 |
|      54 | Kushinagar            |
|      55 | Leh                   |
|      56 | Lucknow               |
|      57 | Madurai               |
|      58 | Mopa, Goa             |
|      59 | Mumbai                |
|      60 | Mysuru                |
|      61 | Nagpur                |
|      62 | Pakyong               |
|      63 | Pantnagar             |
|      64 | Patna                 |
|      65 | Portblair             |
|      66 | Prayagraj             |
|      67 | Puducherry            |
|      68 | Pune                  |
|      69 | Raipur                |
|      70 | Rajamundhary          |
|      71 | Rajkot                |
|      72 | Ranchi                |
|      73 | Safdarjung            |
|      74 | Shimla                |
|      75 | Shirdi                |
|      76 | Sholapur              |
|      77 | Silchar               |
|      78 | Srinagar              |
|      79 | Tezu                  |
|      80 | Tirupati              |
|      81 | Trichy                |
|      82 | Trivandrum            |
|      83 | Tuticorin             |

|   41 | Jammu      |   84 | Vadodara   |
|------|------------|------|------------|
|   42 | Jharsuguda |   85 | Varanasi   |
|   43 | Jodhpur    |   86 | Vijayawada |

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