This artifact is a really interesting read to understand how the seventh busiest airport in India made a change in 2013 due to the rising electricty bills and is now running completely powered by solar energy. Cochin International Airport was the first solar-powered airport in 2015.
After taking this initiative, it is amazing to see how this airport is extending help to other travel centers to do the same. Other countries like Ghana and Liberia have joined hands with India to obtain technical help for the same. A really interesting fact about this airport is that the solar plant is expected to eliminate 300,000 metric tonnes of carbon - the same as planting three million trees. The area underneath the solar panels houses a farm which approximately produced 60 tonnes of organic vegetables last year, thus helping the local communities.
I am extremely proud of this effort made by the State of India where I was born and raised. Commericial departures are analyzed to double over the next 2 decades, hence making the demand for energy efficiency a priority. As one of my reserach questions, I was interested to see how huge commercial organizations are switching to green energies and I think this is a great support to that end.
Source
Hunt, K. (2018,October). This is the world's first fully solar-powered airport. World Economic Forum.
Kristin Hunt, "This is the world's first fully solar-powered airport", contributed by Namitha Sunny, The Energy Rights Project, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 31 May 2020, accessed 11 December 2024. https://energyrights.info/content/worlds-first-fully-solar-powered-airport
Critical Commentary
This artifact is a really interesting read to understand how the seventh busiest airport in India made a change in 2013 due to the rising electricty bills and is now running completely powered by solar energy. Cochin International Airport was the first solar-powered airport in 2015.
After taking this initiative, it is amazing to see how this airport is extending help to other travel centers to do the same. Other countries like Ghana and Liberia have joined hands with India to obtain technical help for the same. A really interesting fact about this airport is that the solar plant is expected to eliminate 300,000 metric tonnes of carbon - the same as planting three million trees. The area underneath the solar panels houses a farm which approximately produced 60 tonnes of organic vegetables last year, thus helping the local communities.
I am extremely proud of this effort made by the State of India where I was born and raised. Commericial departures are analyzed to double over the next 2 decades, hence making the demand for energy efficiency a priority. As one of my reserach questions, I was interested to see how huge commercial organizations are switching to green energies and I think this is a great support to that end.