By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: BJP Bhubaneswar MP and Party’s National Spokesperson, Aparajita Sarangi amid presence of Biju Patnaik International Airport Director Prasanna Pradhan on Saturday inaugurated the 4 MW Solar Power Plant within the Airport premises here.
MP Sarangi, who chaired the Bhubaneswar Airport Advisory Committee Meeting , expressed her happiness following Bhubaneswar Airport has turned into a ‘Green’ Airport- generating Solar Power more than its requirement.
The airport has installed 4MWp Ground Mounted Solar Power Plant at Operational area that includes 10530 PV modules of 380W each over area of 13.28 Acres with a project cost of 18.75 Crore.
Bhubaneswar airport produces around 60 per cent of the airport’s electricity requirement through its onsite solar generation and the rest 40 per cent from other green sources such as hydro energy.