Cochin International in southern India is the world’s first airport to be run solely on power from the sun. BBC reports that the 1,300-acre airport harnesses energy from a field of over 46,000 solar panels to run what’s apparently the country’s seventh busiest airport. It produces enough energy to power 10,000 homes for one year. Installing that solar plant took six months and $9.5 million, but apparently, airports from elsewhere in India and even Liberia have expressed interest in copying the model.
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