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New Wind farm projects aiding India’s energy transition journey

Vikingar is delighted to report that the Indian division of Singapore-based Sembcorp Industries has commissioned a 252 megawatts wind power project at Bhuj in Gujarat, India. The project is currently being registered as a Gold Standard for the Global Goals, which is a standard and logo certification mark program for non-governmental emission reductions projects in the voluntary carbon market. It is administered by the Gold Standard Foundation, a non-profit foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. It was designed with an intent to ensure that carbon credits are real and verifiable and that projects make measurable contributions to sustainable development. Its objective is to add branding, with a quality label, to carbon credits generated by projects which can then be bought and traded by corporates/ individuals that have a voluntarily set targets to reduce their carbon footprints The project is due to deliver around 800,000 Carbon Credits per year, in other words saving around 800,000 tonnes of CO2 being emitted into the air from an equivalent fossil fueled power station. As an aviation comparison, flying from Farnborough to Ibiza in a Citation XLS emits 5.3 Tonnes of CO2 so the equivalent of 151,000 similar flights


Engaging with our Communities

The project's Gold Standard also means that it covers a number of the UN sustainable goals helping the local community. Specifically the three below.

Some of the key activities undertaken in the area around it operations include, mobile health camp for local communities, mobility devices for differently abled, skill enhancement programmes for women from these communities to improve their household income.

The funds raised from the credits are used to provide local jobs and other benefits, like medical camps, education for kids and finally to invest in further wind farm projects a step towards reducing dependence on fossil fuel power stations.

The Credits will become available in August 2020. If you are interested in voluntary offsets for your aircraft please contact us and we will be pleased to put you in touch directly with the providers.New Paragraph

Is London Gatwick a viable alternative to Biggin Hill or Farnborough for Private Jets?

By Michael Ryan • 29 May, 2020
Following my recent social media thoughts concerning the above I thought I would look into this question in a lot more detail. Given that British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are pulling out of Gatwick I hypothesised whether the airport would be a viable alternative airport for Private Jets, as in the past obtaining slots at peak times had always been an issue. I contacted all three airports to get their standard pricing for four aircraft types, A large Jet the Falcon 900 EX, a super midsize Jet the Embraer Legacy 500, a midsize Jet the Hawker 900XP and a light Jet the Citation CJ2. To make it even I assumed 4 passengers leaving the airport with the aircraft positioning in 2 hours before. It would be a mid-week flight. The results can be seen below. The most cost effective airport is Biggin Hill as expected. So you really have to ask yourself whether it is worth paying the 152% to 375% premium to use Gatwick Airport which is over £2,000 extra for the Falcon 900. The distance from J7 on the M25 to Gatwick is 9 miles and Biggin Hill 16 miles. In addition Biggin Hill boasts a sumptuous VIP area at the Signature premises. The only reason I would see to pay the premium for Gatwick would be if you were flying in long haul with one of the airlines left and you wanted to connect to a private aircraft.
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