Necessity is mother of all innovations and those are the kind of challenges which excites Enerparc. We were presented with challenging task of carrying out the first-of-its-kind solar relocation project, in an operational airport, for our longstanding partner Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL).
Necessity for this challenging task came from the requirement of space to carry out expansion for the DIAL runway number 4. The selected patch of land for the runway expansion happens to pass through the existing 5MWp solar power plant installed a few years back. The option that stood before team Enerparc was to relocate the existing plant to new location.
The teams of DIAL and Enerparc did extensive work to find an alternate location to reinstall this plant. Plans were laid out to ensure that the transition proceeded with minimal disruption in power generation, keeping in mind the highest safety standards, following stringent guidelines of an operational airport. After getting hosts of approvals including that from DGCA for glare analysis, the relocation work started in full swing. The broad plan was to dismantle 2.5MWp at the earliest and relocate to the new location so that half of the plant capacity would continue to power DIAL with green energy. In a record time of one month, the 2.5MWp was successfully commissioned.
The project is relocated and energised and producing energy; this is the first of its type assignment of shifting an existing solar project inside an active airport and successfully commissioning it.
Source: enerparc.in
