Railways will meet 10% of its energy requirement by generating solar energy through rooftop solar panels by 2020. financialexpress.com/article/economy/indian-railways-to-m
May 12, 2016
Aditya Ramji, Shruti Nagbhushan, Kapardhi Bharadwaj
April 2017 | Low-carbon Economy
Suggested Citation: Ramji, Aditya, Shruti Nagbhushan, and Kapardhi Bharadwaj. 2017. Decarbonising the Indian Railways: Scaling Ambitions, Understanding Ground Realities. New Delhi: Council on Energy Environment and Water.
As India transitions to a low-carbon emissions pathway, the Indian Railways has set an ambitious goal of reduction in emissions. This study identifies key policy and regulatory challenges that developers face while supporting the Railways’ renewable energy push, and provides recommendations for both central and state bodies to facilitate a smooth ecosystem for ensuring developer and investor confidence. It follows up on a policy brief, ‘Greening the Tracks: Achieving the 1 gigawatt solar PV target of the Indian Railways.’
The Railways’ target is to reduce its emissions intensity to 33 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030. This includes focus on improvement of rail traction energy and fuel efficiency of 8- 13 per cent from 2013 levels. In recent years, the Indian Railways has taken significant strides to increase the share of renewable energy in its electricity mix, which includes solar and wind, to reduce energy costs as well as carbon emissions.
The brief was launched at The Council’s ‘National Conference on Decarbonising the Indian Railways’ by Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister for Railways, and Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy, and Mines on 5 April 2017 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
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Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines at the National Conference on Decarbonising the Indian Railways. (Source: CEEW)
Railways will meet 10% of its energy requirement by generating solar energy through rooftop solar panels by 2020. financialexpress.com/article/economy/indian-railways-to-m
May 12, 2016