The Ministry of Shipping of the Republic of India has made plans to install solar and wind based technology systems at all of the major ports across India in an attempt to promote the use of renewable energy and its infrastructure.
The wind energy projects will be set up largely in the three major ports of Kandla, V.O Chidambaranar Port and Kamarajar Port, with a capacity of 70 MW, while 90.64 MW of solar energy capacity will be enabled at twelve major ports.
These projects are part of the Green Port Initiative that has been launched by the Ministry of Shipping in order to help reduce carbon emissions via the use of renewable energy. The projects also aim to help reduce the cost of power purchased by using renewable energy for power generations.
The ports have so far begun to set up the projects from their profit earnings, with a total estimated cost of 407.7 crores. To date, a total of 6.94MW of solar projects has been commissioned with Vishakhapatnam Port leading the way with 6.25 MW, the other ports in which solar projects have been commissioned are Kolkata Port, New Manglore Port, V.O. Chidambaranar Port & Mumbai Port.
The renewable energy projects are expected to be completed by 2017.
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