Located in India's southern state of Kerala, the Cochin International Airport became the world’s first solar-powered airport, when it transformed a patch of land previously reserved for cargo handling into a 12-megawatt solar plant. This energy source provides all the power the airport needs, and even generates surplus for the...
Cochin Becomes India's First Solar-Powered Airport
Cochin International Airport, located in the southern state of Kerala, is the first airport in India to be solely powered by the sun. At its international cargo complex one can see a farm of 46,150 solar panels laid out on 45 acres of land. Currently, the airport produces between 50,000...