CIAL commissions floating solar power plant using French technology
January 17, 2021
Floating solar power plants at CIAL. Photo: Special Arrangement×
Now, total installed capacity of airport is 40 MWp
In its effort to sustain the airport power positive using green energy, Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) the company that operates the world’s first airport fully powered by solar energy has commissioned one of the biggest floating solar power plants with a capacity of 452 KWh.
With this installation, the total installed capacity of the airport has become 40 MWp helping the company to produce around 1.60 lakh units of power a day whereby the daily consumption stands around at 1.30 lakh units.
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»Finance Ministry, NITI Aayog Objections Overruled Before Adani Group Won Bids for 6 Out of 6 Airports
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Finance Ministry, NITI Aayog Objections Overruled Before Adani Group Won Bids for 6 Out of 6 Airports
Passengers cross a road with their luggage, outside an airport in India. (Source: PTI)
In less than two years, Adani group has become India’s largest private developer in number of airports handled; and the second largest in terms of passenger traffic.
Objections raised by the finance ministry and Niti Aayog regarding the 2019 airport bidding process were over-ruled to allow the Ahmedabad-based Adani Group to operate six major airports in a clean sweep, the Indian Express has reported.
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Cochin Customs inducted two dogs into its K9 squad maintained at the Cochin International Airport Ltd to check illicit drug trafficking.
Two dogs of the Cocker Spaniel and Labrador Retriever breeds with ability to identity NDPS substances were inducted in the presence of K. R. Uday Bhaskar, Principal Commissioner, Central GST, on Thursday, according to an official release.
The Customs already has two dogs at the airport specialised in tracking NDPS substances. Their services had resulted in the seizure of Ephedrine worth ₹52 crore in 2014 and 2015, it said.
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