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Detailed explanation-1: -Cochin International Airport, India’s first airport built under a public-private-partnership (PPP) model, has scripted another chapter in aviation history by becoming the first airport in the world that operates completely on solar power.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cochin international airport in Kerala is the world’s first solar-powered airport.

Detailed explanation-3: -The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has recognized the Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) in Kerala as the worlds first fully solar energy-powered airport.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cochin was declared as the world’s first airport to be fully powered by solar energy. The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has recognized Cochin International Airport Limited, Kerala as the fully solar energy-powered airport. It is India’s first airport to be constructed in public-private partnership (PPP).

Detailed explanation-5: -The airport is powered by solar energy, which meets all of its electrical needs. Regarding passenger traffic, it is the largest airport in Kerala and the seventh largest in India. Installing the first solar photovoltaic power station plant on the Arrival Terminal Block’s rooftop in 2013 proved to be a game changer.