Bhubaneswar Airport Runs Entirely on Green Energy

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA), Bhubaneswar became one of India’s 100 per cent sustainable airports by completely switching over to green sources for its energy consumption.

The airport has installed 4MWp Ground Mounted Solar Power Plant at Operational area that includes 10530 PV modules of 380W each over area of 13.28 Acres with a project cost of 18.75 Crore. This Solar Power Plant was inaugurated on Saturday by Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi in the presence of BPIA Director Prasanna Pradhan.

The Solar Power Plant of the Bhubaneswar airport provides around 60 per cent of the airport’s electricity requirement, while the rest is procured from other green sources like hydro-electricity.

The airport is committed to reduce its carbon footprint.

At present, Bhubaneswar airport has certificate for Level 2 Carbon reduction awarded on 07.01.2020 and become eligible for achieving Level-3 Carbon Emission reduction.