Indian Airport First in World to Be Completely Solar Powered

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By Anindya Upadhyay

August 18, 2015 at 6:21 AM UTC

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An airport in the south of India is the world’s first to run completely on solar energy following commissioning of a 12-megawatt project overseen by Bosch Ltd.

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, Bosch said in a news release on Tuesday.