KOCHI: The Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL), which operates the world’s first fully solar-powered airport, on Sunday commissioned one of the biggest floating solar power plants in Kerala.With the plant, which has a capacity to produce 452 KWh, the total installed capacity of the airport has increased to 40 MWp, helping it produce around 1.6 lakh units of power a day, against its daily consumption of nearly 1.3 lakh units, said a release by CIAL. The initiative will assist the airport in powering its activities using green energy, it said.
“The airport also achieved another milestone with this installation, that of introducing cost-effective high-density polyethylene floats, using French technology, on which 1,300 photovoltaic panels were mounted and laid over two artificial lakes located on the 130-acre CIAL golf course,” it said.The plant, which covers a total area of one acre, is connected to the KSEB power grid which is to be banked on when needed.
