CIAL to open solar power plant in Payyanur with 12 MW capacity

Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL), the world's first fully solar-powered airport, will open a 12 Megawatt-peak (MWp) solar power plant in Payyanur.

On March 6, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was due to dedicate the Payyanur plant to the land on the site of the solar power plant in Ettukudukka.

With the commissioning of the Payyanur power plant, the cumulative installed capacity of CIAL solar power plants has reached 50 MWp. It has seven factories on the airport grounds and a solar carport.

S. Suhas, the general manager, told the media that CIAL's solar power plants together would produce two lakh units per day, while the airport's daily power consumption is 1.6