World’s First Solar Power Airport

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main city centre, CIAL is first of its kind which is developed under a public-private partnership model in India.</p><p id="d62b">Sharing some pictures during my visit to Cochin during pre-COVID times.</p><figure id="94d9"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*f7V2FfM_jekoKqgCvw3raA.jpeg"><figcaption>Cochin International Airport as viewed from the flight [Image: <a href="undefined">Sanghita Pal</a>]</figcaption></figure><p id="1f9f">The airport’s solar power plant is producing around 50,000 to 60,000 units of electricity per day to be consumed for all its operational functions.</p><figure id="b674"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*DwT5LJWDVdpQFMHpNRm__w.jpeg"><figcaption>Solar panels at the airport premises, Cochin, Kerala, India [Image: <a href="undefined">Sanghita Pal</a>]</figcaption></figure><p id="f6ba">The eco-friendly initiative of CIAL has bagged international accolades like ‘The Champions of the Earth-2018’ a

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ward by the United Nations.</p><figure id="7aaa"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*G7JBWesVVlustNTfs8tWZQ.jpeg"><figcaption>Huge installation of solar panels just outside the airport premises, Cochin, Kerala, India [Image: <a href="undefined">Sanghita Pal</a>]</figcaption></figure><p id="ac8f">Thanks for stopping by. Love and light to all.</p><div id="c7a9" class="link-block"> <a href="https://medium.com/@sanghitapal"> <div> <div> <h2>Sanghita Pal - Medium</h2> <div><h3>Read writing from Sanghita Pal on Medium. Writer, learner, empath~passionate about life and nature and all in…</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*Tj7GPbmGU1X7Loj7)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL), Kerala

A slice of the Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL), Kerala, India— the terminal showcases Kerala’s temple architecture in its facade [Image: Sanghita Pal]

Doesn’t it excite you when you learn some project would avoid 300,000 tons of carbondioxide emission in its 25-year plan which is roughly around planting 3 million trees?

You must be wondering which project I am talking about.

Well, I’m talking about the world’s first airport, Cochin International Airport (CIAL), fully powered by solar power.

Located at Nedumbassery, about 25 kilometres from the main city centre, CIAL is first of its kind which is developed under a public-private partnership model in India.

Sharing some pictures during my visit to Cochin during pre-COVID times.

Cochin International Airport as viewed from the flight [Image: Sanghita Pal]

The airport’s solar power plant is producing around 50,000 to 60,000 units of electricity per day to be consumed for all its operational functions.

Solar panels at the airport premises, Cochin, Kerala, India [Image: Sanghita Pal]

The eco-friendly initiative of CIAL has bagged international accolades like ‘The Champions of the Earth-2018’ award by the United Nations.

Huge installation of solar panels just outside the airport premises, Cochin, Kerala, India [Image: Sanghita Pal]

Thanks for stopping by. Love and light to all.

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World’s First Solar Power Airport

Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL), Kerala

Sanghita Pal - Medium

Read writing from Sanghita Pal on Medium. Writer, learner, empath~passionate about life and nature and all in…