Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) has enhanced its solar power generating capacity at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in New Delhi, which was also the India's first solar plant set up in 2014.

The solar capacity of the airport now is 7.84 MW from 2.14 MW earlier, and would fulfill most energy requirements of the airport.

"The power generated through the solar power plant at IGI Airport significantly supports the requirements of airport operations," the GMR-led Consortium announced on Wednesday about the development.

It also said that the move was taken keeping in view the growing concerns about climate change, and rising need for green energy sources.

Commenting on the development, I. Prabhakara Rao, CEO, Delhi International P. Limited said, "Aligning with the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to harness solar energy to fight climate change, we aim to increase our solar power generation capacity to 20 MW by 2020."

As part of its ambitious renewable energy plans, the government plans to install 175,000 MW of renewable power projects by the year 2022. Solar power would account for 100,000 MW of these projects.

According to DIAL, the solar power project has been executed at the Airside of the IGI Airport after achieving all requisite safety clearances, and the green field area of the airside has been utilised without hindering and compromising the operations' safety.

The non-reflective PV solar panels are installed at the plant in a bid to reduce glare effect. DIAL has carried out computer-aided solar glare analysis for 365 days with complete sun movement from sunrise to sunset to ensure that there is no impact on flight movement.?

Delhi International Airport (P) Ltd (DIAL) is a joint venture company; comprising the GMR Group, Airports Authority of India and Fraport.

