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Indian Railways eyes 500 MW of rooftop solar by 2021-22

With 95.67 MW already installed on railway buildings, a further 248.46 MW, awarded by the Railway Energy Management Company Limited, is under development.

Source:pv magazine

ndian Railways, the nation’s largest electricity user with 2.4% of total consumption, plans to install 500 MW of rooftop solargeneration capacity by 2021-22.

Minister for railways, commerce and industry, Piyush Goyal, told the Lok Sabha lower house of the Indian parliament 95.67 MW of solar rooftop capacity has already been installed on railway buildings, including 835 stations, and a further 248.46 MW is under development.

For the full story, visit our pv magazine India site.

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