The Indira Gandhi International Airport has enhanced its solar power generation capacity from 2.14 MW (megawatt) to 7.84 MW which is expected to provide a saving of `12 crore per annum in electricity cost. The airport plans to enhance this capacity to 20 MW by 2020
The 7.84 MW solar power project is expected to generate about 12 million units of power per annum. Currently, the IGIA consumes nearly 220 million units of electricity per year.
“The expanded project is expected to provide a saving of Rs.12 crore per annum in electricity cost. The IGIA consumes around `220 crore worth of electricity per annum,” said Sujit Nag, chief projects and engineering officer at Delhi International Airport (DIAl), the company which operates the IGIA.
“We have expanded the capacity by investing `32 crore in the second phase of the expansion. The first phase had been erected at a cost of `15 crore. The total cost of the solar project is about `47 crore,” he said.