INDIAN AIRPORTS PUSH AHEAD WITH SOLAR POWER PROJECTS, DESPITE POTENTIAL LOSS OF SUBSIDIES
February 8th, 2015
Projects are underway in India to install captive solar photovoltaic power systems in the country’s airports, exploiting innovative funding models and long term power purchase agreements. However, the country’s grid power operators are refusing to purchase any excess power.The Airports Authority of India (AAI), which is owned by the Indian government, plans to generate 50 megawatts (MW) of electric power from solar plants at 30 airports by the end of 2015. A communiqué issued last May (2014) noted the plan was designed to reduce the sector’s ...
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