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Cochin Airport commissions floating solar power plants PTI Updated Jan 17, 2021, 2:12 pm IST The current total installed capacity helps it to produce around 1.60L units of power against consumption of around at 1.30L units per day The plants covering a total area of one acre are connected to the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) power grid, CIAL said in a release. (Image: Facebook/CochinInternationalAirport) Kochi: Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL), which became the worlds first solar-powered airport in 2015, on Sunday added another feather to its cap, commissioning two floating solar power plants in Kerala. With the installation of the plants with a capacity of 452 KWh over two artificial lakes, the airport s total installed capacity has risen to 40 MWp helping it to produce around 1.60 lakh units of power a day against per day consumption of around at 1.30 lakh units, the CIAL said. ....