Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad, has been a forerunner in innovative ideas. From being the First Airport To win " 5-Star Rating In Health & Safety category ( British Safety Council )", to Introducing "E-Boarding Passes" and winning " National Tourism Awards for four years in a row ( 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 )" , RGIA has proved it's inventive streak, time and again. Now, it has taken it's stretch a bit further, by deciding on implementing Solar Energy Source to power itself. The following is everything you'd want to know about it....
1. RGIA has installed 5 Mega Watt Solar Power Plant for it's consumption demands. This therefore powers the Airport during the day time and peak hours by generating 25000 Units Per Day. For comparison, the energy so produced is enough to power 4800 homes !!
2. The Amount of Energy generated is totally pollution free. As an additional benefit, figuratively speaking 7100 Metric Tonnes of Carbon Emission are saved over an year!
3. As compared to generation of thermal energy, Natural resources are saved by avoiding consumption of 12 tonnes of coal and 76800 litres of Water Per Day !! Yes, Water Problem thus has a solution in here.
4. The natural resources saved is equivalent to benefits produced by planting more than 19 lac trees!! Such amount of Carbon Di Oxide is absorbed by this measure. Yup, it's that huge!!
5. The Solar power plant is constructed by 16,000 modules of solar panels, each fixed for maximum solar exposure. That's what i call basking in the sun !! Seriously that converts to continuous energy generation, from every possible angle.
6. The above mentioned, Module panels are made of Poly Crystalline technology, which remains the best available technology worldwide. Also, it is equipped with SCADA ( Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition ) through which energy generated is monitored remotely.
7. RGIA clean energy initiative, has only just started as it has further plans to enhance the plant from 5Mega watt to 7 Mega Watt capacity in near future. As if it wasn't already awesome!!