Railroads to saddle 1000 MW solar power by 2020

New Delhi, Apr 27: Railways proposes to tackle 1000 Mega Watt (MW) sun powered and 150 MW wind vitality by 2020, Lok Sabha was educated today.

A sum of around 50 MW renewable vitality limit has been introduced till date, including roughly 11 MW sun oriented force and 37 MW wind power, Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha said in a composed answer.

“What’s more, establishment of 6.5 MW is in advancement and for around 50 MW sun oriented limits, demand for capability (RFQ) has been issued by zonal railroads,” he included.

For bridling renewable vitality hotspots for its prerequisites, Sinha said the system set up incorporate marking of notice of comprehension amongst Railways and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), finish of model offer records for housetop sun oriented force plants with the monetary backing of MNRE.

Taking into account these model offer archives, zonal railroads have drifted delicate records for establishment of sun oriented housetop plants at rail route premises.

Such renewable vitality plants are being placed up in Railways in a temperate way to decrease the expense of vitality with practical crevice financing from Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.