95 Megawatts of Rooftop Solar Power Installed by Indian Railways

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 RAILWAYNo. of Stations provided with Solar Panels
1Central Railway21
2Eastern Railway39
3East Central Railway105
4East Coast Railway14
5North Central Railway32
6North Eastern Railway71
7Northeast Frontier Railway42
8Northern Railway51
9North Western Railway104
10South Central Railway49
11South Eastern Railway13
12Southeast Central Railway15
13Southern Railway52
14South Western Railway132
15West Central Railway23
16Western Railway69
17Metro3
Total835

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 UnitsAwarded Rooftop Solar Capacity (in MW)
1Chittaranjan Locomotive Workshop7.64
2Central Railway20.85
3Diesel Locomotive Workshop6.83
4Eastern Railway19.79
5East Coast Railway14.83
6East Central Railway12.65
7Integral Coach Factory2
8Metro Kolkata5.54
9North Central Railway10
10North Western Railway11.68
11Northeast Frontier Railway1.88
12Northern Railway23.63
13North Eastern Railway13.92
14Research Design and Standards Organization1.08
15Rail Coach Factory0.9
16Southern Railway10.69
17Southeast Central Railway4.38
18South Eastern Railway24.94
19South Central Railway33.14
20South Western Railway2.46
21West Central Railway9.63
22Western Railway10
Total248.46

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.

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