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Kochi Airport Becomes World'S First To Completely Operate On Solar Power

The industrial visit was to Cochin International Airport on August 20, 2016 to learn about their solar power generation and new technologies. Students toured the solar power facilities and learned how the panels work and are monitored. Cochin airport was the world's first airport to be fully powered by solar energy through their 12 MW solar plant comprising 46,150 panels across 45 acres, producing 50,000-60,000 units per day. The plant is connected to the grid and excess power generated during the day is provided to the grid while power is purchased at night. Over 25 years, the plant will offset over 3 lakh metric tons of carbon emissions.

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Kochi Airport Becomes World'S First To Completely Operate On Solar Power

The industrial visit was to Cochin International Airport on August 20, 2016 to learn about their solar power generation and new technologies. Students toured the solar power facilities and learned how the panels work and are monitored. Cochin airport was the world's first airport to be fully powered by solar energy through their 12 MW solar plant comprising 46,150 panels across 45 acres, producing 50,000-60,000 units per day. The plant is connected to the grid and excess power generated during the day is provided to the grid while power is purchased at night. Over 25 years, the plant will offset over 3 lakh metric tons of carbon emissions.

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INDUSTRIAL VISIT AT CIAL

INTRODUCTION
Industrial visit was carried at Cochin international Airport on 20th August 2016 for the
semester 3&5 student. The main objective behind the visit was to make the student aware
about how the energy production through solar and various new updating technologies
carried out in airport surrounded area. The S5 batch and few from S3 left for the visit at9:30
a.m and took just 15 minutes to cover the distance since it is located near to the college. As
soon as we reached company we were guided by the managing director and the junior
electrical engineers working there in plants.

There was a small tech talk about the whole profit as well as the upcoming projects by
the manager and the engineers. We were divided into two groups and we were headed by one
of the electrical engineer working there. It was great to know that Cochin airport becomes the
world’s first to have completed the solar power. Field situated there produces a large amount
of power which is used for the various purposes. The heading engineer explained us about
how the solar panel works and everything about its infrastructure and cost. We have also seen
the production of electricity reading according to the weather condition.

KOCHI AIRPORT BECOMES WORLD'S FIRST TO COMPLETELY


OPERATE ON SOLAR POWER

Cochin International airport, the country's first airport built under PPP model has scripted
another chapter in aviation history by becoming the first airport in the world that completely
operates on solar power. Hon.Chief Minister Mr.Oommen Chandy inaugurated the 12 MWp
solar power plant, on 18th August 2015, comprising of 46,150 solar panels laid across 45
acres near cargo complex. Now, Cochin airport's solar power plant is producing 50,000 to
60,000 units of electricity per day to be consumed for all its operational functions,
which technically make the airport ‘ absolutely power neutral ‘.

CIAL, which has always been adhered to the philosophy of sustainable development,
ventured into the Solar PV sector during March 2013, by installing a 100 kWp solar PV Plant
on the roof top of the Arrival Terminal Block. This was a trend setter in the field of grid-
connected solar PV in the State of Kerala. The plant was installed by the Kolkata based M/s
Vikram Solar Pvt. Ltd. 400 numbers of polycrystalline modules of 250Wp with five numbers

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of 20kW capacity Refu-sol make string inverters were used in this plant. After the successful
commissioning of this plant, CIAL installed a 1 MWp solar PV power plant partly on the roof
top and partly on the ground in the Aircraft Maintenance Hangar facility within the Airport
premises. This plant was installed by Emvee Photovoltaic Power Pvt. Ltd. 4000 numbers of
monocrystalline modules of 250Wp with thirty three numbers of 30kW capacity Delta make
string inverters were used in this plant, which is the first Megawatt scale installation of Solar
PV system in the State of Kerala.

Both these plants are equipped with a SCADA system, through which remote
monitoring is carried out. After commissioning, these plants have so far saved more than
550MT of CO2 emission contributing to the efforts of CIAL towards minimizing
environmental degradation.

Inspired by the success of the above plants, CIAL decided to set up a larger scale 12MWp
solar PV plant as part of its green initiatives. This was set up in an area of about 45 acres near
the International Cargo complex. The work has been awarded to M/s Bosch Ltd. The project
components include PV modules of 265Wp capacity manufactured by Renesola, and
Inverters of 1MW capacity manufactured by ABB India. With the commissioning, this
installation is expected to generate around 48000 units per day, which along with the
electricity generated from the existing 1.10 MWp plants, making the total output around
52,000 units a day, and would be sufficient to meet the power requirement of the Airport.
This is a grid connected system without battery storage and a power banking module with the
Kerala State electricity board (KSEB)has been worked out; wherein, CIAL gives as much
power it produces (in day time) to (the grid of)KSEB and ' buy ' back the power from them
when needed (especially in night).This plant will produce 18 million units of power from '
sun ' annually-the power equivalent to feed 10,000 homes for one year.Over the next 25
years, this green power project will avoid carbon dioxide emissions from coal fired power
plants by more than 3 lakh metric tons, which is equivalent to planting 3 million trees or not
driving 750 miles.

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CIAL SOLAR POWER PROJECT


The CIAL Solar Power Project is a 13.1 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic power station
built at COK airport, India, by the company Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL).
Cochin International Airport became the first fully solar powered airport in the world with the
commissioning the plant. He plant comprises 46,150 solar panels laid across 45 acres near the
international cargo complex. The plant has been installed by the German-based M/s Bosch
Ltd. It is capable of generating 50,000 units of electricity daily, and is equipped with a
supervisory control and data acquisition system (SCADA), through which remote monitoring
is carried out. The project components include PV modules of 265Wp capacity manufactured
by Renesola, and inverters of 1MW capacity manufactured by ABB India. It is coupled with a
1.1 MW solar plant that was commissioned in 2013. This plant was installed by Emvee
Photovoltaic Power Pvt. Ltd. 4000 numbers of mono crystalline modules of 250Wp with
thirty three numbers of 30 kW capacity Delta make string inverters were used in this plant,
which is the first Megawatt scale installation of Solar PV system in the State of Kerala.

The plant system is without any battery storage as it is directly connected to the KSEB
grid. CIAL gives as much power as it produces (during the day time) to the grid, and buys
back the power from them as needed, especially at night. CIAL has decided to double the
installed capacity of solar power generation. Another 10,000 panels would be installed in the
remaining space to generate an additional 2.40 MW power. Panels to be installed atop the
building and the new park would help generate 4 MW and another 7 MW through panels to
be installed over the three km-long irrigation canal would take the total installed capacity to
26.50 MW. This green power project will not result in any carbon dioxide emissions over the
next 25 years. It will produce a clean source of energy equivalent to energy produced from
coal-fired power plants burning more than 3 lakh metric tonnes of coal. This plant also
provides a carbon offset equivalent of planting 30 lakh trees. CIAL sets an example by
effectively utilizing the buffer zone area.

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CIAL MAKES 'AVIATION HISTORY' WITH A MUSEUM


The long overdue aviation museum was inaugurated at the Cochin International Airport Ltd
(Cial) on Monday. The facility is close to the CIAL Academy and the newly-constructed
international terminal.The Polish jet, PZL TS-11 Iskra, used by the Indian Air Force to train
pilots is one of the highlights at the 1.2 lakh sq ft museum. The aircraft has been specially
brought from the air force base in Secunderabad.The aviation museum has been a cherished
dream. It's a little-known fact that Cial was planned, built and run on public-private
partnership (PPP). The airport is a novel idea in infrastructure development. The entire
history of the airport can be found in 'CIAL Pavilion' on the lower level of the museum," said
V J Kurian, managing director, Cial, after inaugurating the museum. The pavilion has panels
on the history and construction of the airport, a model of a GSLV satellite, provided by the
ISRO, among other show pieces. The ISRO pavilion on the museum's upper level includes
models of aircraft, from the Wright Brothers' first craft to 'Kitty Hawk', and an aerospace
section with an audio-visual gallery

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