Installation of Solar Panels on Railway Stations

So far 95.67 Mega Watt (MW) of Rooftop Solar Power has been installed on various Railway buildings, including 835 Railway stations. The Zone-wise details of these Railway stations is as under:

 

S.No. ZONAL RAILWAY No. of Stations provided with Solar Panels
1 Central Railway 21
2 Eastern Railway 39
3 East Central Railway 105
4 East Coast Railway 14
5 North Central Railway 32
6 North Eastern Railway 71
7 Northeast Frontier Railway 42
8 Northern Railway 51
9 North Western Railway 104
10 South Central Railway 49
11 South Eastern Railway 13
12 Southeast Central Railway 15
13 Southern Railway 52
14 South Western Railway 132
15 West Central Railway 23
16 Western Railway 69
17 Metro 3
Total 835

 

Indian Railways plans to install solar energy panels in other stations depending upon site availability and feasibility. So far, tenders for 248.46 MW capacity have been awarded by Railway Energy Management Company Limited (REMCL) and are under different stages of execution. This will cover the rooftops of Railway station platforms shelters and various other Railway buildings. The details of Zone-wise Solar rooftop projects awarded by REMCL are as under:

S.No. Zonal Railways/Production Units Awarded Rooftop Solar Capacity (in MW)
1 Chittaranjan Locomotive Workshop 7.64
2 Central Railway 20.85
3 Diesel Locomotive Workshop 6.83
4 Eastern Railway 19.79
5 East Coast Railway 14.83
6 East Central Railway 12.65
7 Integral Coach Factory 2
8 Metro Kolkata 5.54
9 North Central Railway 10
10 North Western Railway 11.68
11 Northeast Frontier Railway 1.88
12 Northern Railway 23.63
13 North Eastern Railway 13.92
14 Research Design and Standards Organization 1.08
15 Rail Coach Factory 0.9
16 Southern Railway 10.69
17 Southeast Central Railway 4.38
18 South Eastern Railway 24.94
19 South Central Railway 33.14
20 South Western Railway 2.46
21 West Central Railway 9.63
22 Western Railway 10
Total 248.46

 

Indian Railways has plans to provide 500 MW rooftop solar plants by 2021-22. Most of this work is being done in Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode (Developer mode) by private partners, in which Railways do not have to incur capital expenditure. Work of provision of Solar panels on trains is also being done by private partners.

This information was given by the Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.