Making Indian airports sustainable by using solar photovoltaic system: analysis of three airports

ABSTRACT

Consumption of fossil fuel generated electrical energy can be reduced substantially by the application of renewable energy systems in transportation-related facilities like airports. This paper focuses on present trend of usage of three domestic airports of India located geographically at different locations and proposes a detailed design and feasibility analysis of grid-connected solar photovoltaic power plants for three airports located at Udaipur, Raipur and Aurangabad. The capacity of solar PV power plants designed at Udaipur, Raipur and Aurangabad airports are 2.43 MW_p, 3.20 MW_p and 2.08 MW_p respectively. Carbon dioxide emission reduction due to the energy generated by solar PV power plants at Udaipur, Raipur and Aurangabad airports are 3919.156 tCO₂, 4634.596 tCO₂ and 3167.559 tCO₂ respectively.

KEYWORDS:

• Airports
• carbon dioxide emission reduction
• grid-connected
• renewable energy
• solar photovoltaic

Disclosure statement

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