Central Railway goes for economical & environmentfriendly solar & wind renewable energy
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Pune: In accordance with the Ministry of Railways’ policy of going completely green by 2030 to combat the climate change by minimising the carbon footprint and to mitigate global warming, the Central Railway is going in a big way for the environment-friendly renewable energy, such as solar and wind energy, through open access and nett metering to bring down the cost of energy.
Towards this end, CR is going for solar energy of both rooftop configuration as well as landbased and wind power. An official release issued on Tuesday said that the Central Railway has planned for rooftop solar power plants aggregating 14.379 MWp (Mega-Watt peak) capacity spread over its 5 Divisions and 4 workshops.