Airport fully powered by solar energy

Where is the world's first solar-powered airport?

Located in the southwestern coastal state of Kerala, it hosts 27 airlines and some three dozen shops and restaurants — and the whole thing runs on solar energy. Cochin International became the world’s first solar-powered airport in 2015, when it transformed a patch of land previously reserved for cargo handling into a 12-megawatt solar plant.

Is Cochin International Airport solar powered?

CIAL (Cochin International Airport Ltd) is the world’s first airport fully powered by solar energy. The Cochin International Airport has been a torchbearer from its inception on many accounts including the solar power project which prompted many other airports to move the solar way.

Which airports have solar panels?

And numerous other airports have installed solar panels and built solar farms to generate renewable energy, including the largest airport-based solar farm, a 183-acre farm at Indianapolis International Airport, which houses 87,478 solar panels and provides 22.2 megawatts of renewable energy for the region’s electric grid.

Could a solar farm be the airport of the future?

An airport in Tennessee is now generating enough renewable energy to meet all its energy needs—a model that could be replicated by other airports. Solar farms such as this one are likely to be a more common sighting at airports. The airport of the future is here, and it’s in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

How does Dubai Airport meet its energy needs?

The airport started with a small pilot project by installing a solar energy plant with 400 panels on its rooftop in 2013. When that experiment succeeded, it decided to go all the way. In August this year, the airport became totally self sufficient in meeting its energy needs after it installed a 12 megawatt solar plant close to the cargo terminal.

Will Kolkata's Airport build a solar plant?

Kolkata's international airport, which is bigger and busier than Cochin's, is planning to build a solar plant covering as much as 70 acres this year that would reduce its electric bill by a third, according to Siga Judson, the airport's general manager.