Railways has successfully installed solar panels between railway tracks to generate electricity for the first time.
The Banaras Locomotive Works in Varanasi conducted this experiment on its workshop line and succeeded. 28 panels were installed over a length of 70 meters. 15 kW of electricity was generated through these panels. This is a milestone for the railways in green energy innovation.
309 MW is currently being generated from solar energy at 2249 railway stations in India. Rajasthan has the most solar plants - 275. Kerala has 13. The railways also aims to generate 20 gigawatts of solar electricity by 2030 by utilizing the vacant land of the railways. The solar power project from the tracks is a different model of this. The panels were installed between the tracks without disrupting train traffic. These are durable and ensure efficiency. These can be removed for maintenance and weather changes.
The Railways will extend this pilot project to all zones. The Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is implementing a project to install solar panels at railway stations. A 125 kW plant at Kannur Railway Station is generating 120 kW of solar power. It will generate 450 units a day. This is one-third of the units used by the station. There are 284 solar panels on the roof of the station....
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