India’s aviation sector grew in the last few years with 148 operational airports, and two water aerodromes.
India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) is making a serious effort to turn its airports carbon neutral. MoCA has recommended all existing brownfield and upcoming greenfield airports to work toward carbon neutrality and net- zero, which includes utilizing solely green energy.
India’s Federal Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia said, “Most of the airports have been given the target of achieving 100 per cent use of green energy by 2023 and net- zero by 2030. Two of our airports, Delhi and Kochi, are already carbon-neutral and India will have 92-93 carbon-neutral airports by 2024.”
Additionally, the ministry has taken action to promote the use of environmentally friendly aviation fuel.
The flexible use of airspace, the implementation of centralized air traffic flow management, implementation of performance-based navigation, and the implementation of continuous descent operations are only a few of the actions already taken to reduce greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
The Delhi and Mumbai airports received the highest level 4+ carbon accreditation from Airports Council International. The Airport Authority of India has erected solar power plants at a number of airports with a combined capacity of more than 54 MWp.
