The entire taxiway edge lights at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad have been converted from halogen lamps to energy efficient LEDs, making it south India’s first and the country’s second airport to do so.
Stating that the plan is to transform RGIA into a 100% LED airport, of which 75% work has been already completed, GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd, which operates the airport, said the move complemented the recently achieved Carbon Neutral Airport (Level 3 + Neutrality) recognition. Close to 500 halogen lamps of Taxiway Edge Lights were converted to LEDs in six days. Length wise, the conversion of all LEDs at Taxiway Edge lights covered around 26 km of the area in the airside. Taxiway Edge Lights are used to outline the edges of taxiways during periods of darkness or restricted visibility conditions.
A significant proportion of the airport’s total daytime energy requirement is met by a captive 5 MW solar power plant that was commissioned recently.
Over 19,500 of the more than 26,000 conventional lamps have been converted into LED and the migration has amounted to a saving of 2.2 million units of electricity per annum. GHIAL CEO SGK Kishore said the company has been taking steps to transform the airport into a truly green airport.
