The world's first ever fully solar-powered airport has been launched in the southern Indian state of Kerala.
The Indian government has already directed other airports around the country to start incorporating solar energy into their daily operations. The undertaking, at Cochin International Airport, is estimated to generate more than 50,000 units of electricity daily and will make CIAL grid-power neutral. Built on land covering 50 acres (20 hectares), the project is the largest of its kind to be constructed at an airport in India, according to the release.
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India - Kerala (Chapter)
A sliver of a state in India’s deep south, Kerala is shaped by its landscape – almost 600km of glorious Arabian Sea coast and beaches, a languid network of backwaters and the spice and tea-covered hills of the Western Ghats.
Coverage includes: Southern Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) & around, Kovalam & around, Varkala & around, Kollam (Quilon) & around, Alappuzha (Alleppey), Kottayam & around, The Western Ghats, Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary, Munnar & around, Central Kerala, Kochi (Cochin) & around, Thrissur (Trichur) & around, Northern Kerala, Kozhikode (Calicut), Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, Kannur & around, Bekal & around, Lakshadweep, Kadmat Island and Minicoy Island.
The Indian government has already directed other airports around the country to start incorporating solar energy into their daily operations. The undertaking, at Cochin International Airport, is estimated to generate more than 50,000 units of electricity daily and will make CIAL grid-power neutral. Built on land covering 50 acres (20 hectares), the project is the largest of its kind to be constructed at an airport in India, according to the release.
India - Kerala (Chapter)
A sliver of a state in India’s deep south, Kerala is shaped by its landscape – almost 600km of glorious Arabian Sea coast and beaches, a languid network of backwaters and the spice and tea-covered hills of the Western Ghats.
Coverage includes: Southern Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) & around, Kovalam & around, Varkala & around, Kollam (Quilon) & around, Alappuzha (Alleppey), Kottayam & around, The Western Ghats, Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary, Munnar & around, Central Kerala, Kochi (Cochin) & around, Thrissur (Trichur) & around, Northern Kerala, Kozhikode (Calicut), Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, Kannur & around, Bekal & around, Lakshadweep, Kadmat Island and Minicoy Island.
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