A City in India’s Kerala province showed to the world that they really loved sustainable energy as they take it to a new level by building the world’s first solar-powered airport. The Cochin International Airport Limited announced that by May 2016, their airport will be powered entirely by solar energy.
Cochin Airport in the province of Kerala is considered as India’s fourth largest airport in terms of traffic. The airport will embark on a 12 megawatt (MW) solar power project, an expansion from its current 1 MW capacity that translates to 46,150 solar panels across the 45 acres area near the airports’s cargo complex.
According to the statement released by CIAL, the new installations will be able to produce 600,000 units of electricity, more than the airport currently needs to operate, and the surplus will go to the state’s grid.
Over the next 25 years, the Cochin International Airport solar project will avoid carbon dioxide emissions from coal fired power plants by more than 300,000 metric tons, which is equivalent to planting 3 million trees or not driving 750 miles.
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