IGI Airport becomes Carbon-Neutral, First In Asia Pacific

Admin 28-Sep-2016 12:29:17 Inothernews

IGI Airport becomes Carbon-Neutral, First In Asia Pacific


Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) New Delhi, has become the first airport in Asia-Pacific to be recognised as carbon-neutral. The Airports Council International (ACI) made this announcement in in Montreal, Canada, on Tuesday. So far, most of the other airports which have achieved this status are in Europe. According to officials, the airport carbon accreditation has upgraded Delhi Airport to 'Level 3+, Neutrality', which is the highest level of achievement available to airports across the world.



Carbon neutrality status is granted if the the net carbon emissions over an entire year is zero. This means the airport absorbs or offsets the same amount of emission that is generated, officials added.

"Achievement of the accreditation for carbon neutrality is indeed recognition of a great team work. Today we have delivered on our commitment of achieving sustainable solutions for aviation climate change mitigations made at LPAA-COP 21 last year through carbon neutrality. With this achievement, we have set up a new benchmark for other airports in this region," chief executive officer of Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), Prabhakara Rao, said.

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IGI has been for sometime making efforts to cut down on carbon emissions through various steps including switching to solar power.

The IGI airport, which currently produces 2.14 MW power from solar energy aims at scaling it up to 7.84 MW, making it largely dependent on green energy.

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