PM Modi impressed by solar-powered Kochi airport

KOCHI:-  Prime Minister Narendra Modi Impressed by the fully solar-powered operations at                  the Cochin International Airport.

PM has said that it  should be an inspiring model for energy guzzlers and suggested that 

stadiums can tap the natural resource for achieving power.

Modi described Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) as the world's first fully solar

 powered airport, here in a statement issued by CIAL said here on Sunday.

CIL Managing Director V. J. During a discussion with Kurien, the Prime Minister endorsed the

 effort to exploit green energy for the operation of the airport, which has won the United Nations Champions of the Earth award in 2018, the statement said..

The CIAL model of solarization should motivate all other high-energy consumers, Modi said

 that the possibilities of laying solar panels should be detected in possible locations. They also suggested that the roof of the galleries of stadiums could be used for this.

It is important for our country to achieve power neutrality for large energy consumers, "CIAL's

 statement has been said in reference to the Prime Minister. Modi instructed CIAL to present 

his expertise for the large scale deployment of solar energy, which was initiated in collaboration

 with the International Organization for the Solar Alliance (ISA) of 78 countries. As part of the

 ISA's project, the messengers from 40 countries visited CIAL solar power plants last month.

CIAL is currently one of the largest green energy companies in the country, with a total installed capacity of 40 MWp.

The airport receives 1.62 million units of power from an average solar plant, whereas daily consumption is approximately 1.52 million units