The Cochin International Airport Ltd has many firsts to its credit. It is the first greenfield airport
in India to be set up in the public-private partnership model. It is also the first in the country to be
inaugurated with an international flight. It is the first to venture into providing higher education
in aviation management and technical areas. It also has the maximum number of shares from
non-resident Indians. And, now, it has become the first airport in the world operating completely
on solar energy
2 A 12 MW solar power plant, with 46,150 solar panels, has been laid across 45 acres near the cargo
complex of the Kochi airport. These panels generate almost 50,000 units of power every day. This
is equal to planting 30 lakh trees or running a car 75 crore miles without burning any fuel.
3 "This is a remarkable achievement and it will inspire other airports in the country," said Chief
Minister Oommen Chandy to THE WEEK. The Kerala government owns 33.36 per cent stake in
the airport and is the single largest investor in the company.
4 CIALs achievement has impressed the Prime Minister's Office, which has directed the Airport
Authority of India to identify land near other airports to set up solar panels.
5 Ashok Gajapathy Raju, Union civil aviation minister, said, “I am happy that one of our airports has
created history. The airport sector in India is expected to add 32 MW of solar power in 2015-16
and 160 MW in 2016-17.”
6 Said V.J. Kurian, managing director, CIAL: “When we realised that the power bill at the airport
was on the higher side, we thought of solar. It was a gradual change. CIAL has always been good
at bringing out new concepts, I believe we are one of the finest airports in the world.” He said the
total cost of setting up panels amounted to 262 crore.
7 On average, CIAL consumes about 48,000 units of power a day and the Kerala State Electricity
Board was charging a high tariff. The power bill prompted CIAL to go in for renewable energy.
So, in 2013, a 100 KW solar plant was installed with 400 solar panels on the roof of the arrival
block of the airport. With its success, CIAL decided to set up a larger plant in 2015.
8 Said Jose Thomas, general manager, CIAL: “The excess power generation from the solar panels
during the maximum sunshine hours would be banked in the grid of KSEB. It will then be used in
the non-sunshine hours of the day." The airport, Thomas said, used to pay around 3.25 lakh to
amount we are able to save now.”
the KSEB every day before the solar panels came. "That is around 12 crore a year. That much
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9 Kerala is deficient in power generation and the KSEB now plans to produce more than 250 MW
of solar power in the near future, in association with the Solar Energy Corporation of India.
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