India’s 12 major ports plan to set up 83 MW solar photovoltaic power plant projects from their own resources.
Of the 82.64 MW capacity, Vizag, Mumbai, Chennai,Kolkata and New Mangalore ports have set up 6.84 MW projects so far, he said.
The step is part of the Green Port Initiative launched by the Ministry of Shipping, Radhakrishnan informed the Lok Sabha.
Its objectives include contributing to reduction in carbon emissions and consequently improving environment besides reducing cost of power purchased from grid by utilisation of solar power for power generation.
Indai has 12 major ports — Kandla, Mumbai, JNPT, Marmugao, New Mangalore, Cochin, Chennai, Ennore, V O Chidambarnar, Visakhapatnam, Paradip and Kolkata (including Haldia) which handle approximately 61 per cent of the country’s total cargo traffic.
By Baishakhi Dutta
