Cochin Airport Solar Panels

The trend in airports incorporating solar panels into their energy systems is taking off.

Cochin airport solar panels.

Now cochin airport s solar power plant is producing 50 000 to 60 000 units of electricity per day to be consumed for all its operational functions which technically make. The cial solar power project is a 40 megawatt mw photovoltaic power station built at cok airport india by the company cochin international airport limited cial. The airport s solar power plant which is comprised of more than 46 000 solar panels arrayed across 45 acres of land will produce 48 000 units of energy per day the economic times reports. The airport started with a small pilot project by installing a solar energy.

Located in the southern state of kerala cochin is now the first airport in the world to run completely on solar power. Cochin international became the world s first solar powered airport in 2015 when it transformed a patch of land previously reserved for cargo handling into a 12 megawatt solar plant. This new energy source provides all the power the airport needs and even generates surplus for the state grid according to the bbc. On august 18 cochin international airport limited cial announced that the airport will run completely on solar power making it the first.

Cochin international airport is the fourth largest airport in the country in terms of passenger traffic and requires about 48 000 units of electricity per day. Cochin airport became the world s first airport to be powered entirely by solar energy this past fall thanks to its 12 megawatt solar plant which has more than 46 000 solar panels news media reported. The solar project pioneered by managing. Cochin international airport limited has said it would dismantle some of the solar panels over the chengalthodu diversion canal as a flood prevention measure.