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

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...

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Published inInternational journal of sustainable energy Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 149 - 174
Main Authors Choudhary, Akshay, Saxena, Bharat Kumar, Mishra, Sanjeev
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Taylor & Francis 07.02.2021
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Taylor & Francis Group
Subjects
Airports
Carbon dioxide
carbon dioxide emission reduction
Carbon dioxide emissions
Emissions control
Energy
Feasibility studies
Fossil fuels
grid-connected
Photovoltaic cells
Photovoltaics
Power plants
Renewable energy
Solar energy
solar photovoltaic
Solar power
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Summary: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 tCO 2 , 4634.596 tCO 2 and 3167.559 tCO 2 respectively.
ISSN:1478-6451
1478-646X
DOI:10.1080/14786451.2020.1797739