North Central Railway

The productivity of solar plants in North Central Railway (NCR) is registering an upward trajectory by generating 94 lakh units of energy.According to the information given by North Central Railway, comparing to generated 81 lakh units of energy using solar power during April-December 2020-21, this year 94 lakhs units of energy have been generated using solar power in the same period, an improvement of 16 per cent over last year.It is a big leap towards a larger goal of environmental protection as solar energy is a greener source of energy, and also led to substantial savings in revenue too.The official statement read that NCR has achieved a net revenue saving of 3.82 crores using solar power during April-December 2021.As per the information, NCR has a total installed capacity of 11.03 MWp. While 120 kWp has been installed by the Railway, the remaining 10882.34 kWp capacity has been installed by two major Solar Power Developers (SPD) Azure and ReNew on a PPP basis.Among the major ...

Beats Railway Board's target of 2.94 mn tonnes; improved carriage of petroleum products, fertilisers, and food grains drive performance