Wednesday, August 19, 2015

World's first solar energy-powered airport: Kudos to Kochi!

In a state that is often starved of good news, this is something that we can all be proud of.

Kochi's Nedumbassery Airport is the first in the world that is powered entirely by solar energy.  The airport will recover the cost of installing solar panels within 6 years and the panels have a shelf-life of 30 years. Apparently, the carbon emissions saved is equal to the planting of 3 million trees!  This is a wonderful initiative from Kochi, and should be implemented across India.

The country is blessed with strong sunshine for most of the year and this is an asset that we need to make full use of.

I strongly believe that one of the paths to prosperity is going green and using clean and renewable energy. 

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