Solar Power: East Coast Railway (ECoR), in line with the policy of Indian Railways, is adopting various steps to generate more green energy by installing Rooftop Solar Power Plants in Station & Service Buildings and other installations over its jurisdiction.
ECoR plans to install 21826 KWp capacity Solar Plants resulting in savings of approximately ₹14 Crores from Energy Bill and ₹91.41 lakh from Carbon Credit.
Under this project, East Coast Railway will install Solar Power Plants at 149 Station Buildings, 248 Service Buildings, 6924 Residential Buildings, and at 366 Level Crossing (LC) Gates over its jurisdiction.
Out of the above, tenders have been floated for ₹83.79 Crores, which includes Solar Power Plants/Renewable Solar Energy Sources on grid plants of different capacities on rooftops and shed tops in various locations:
• Brahmapur-Palasa Railway Section at a cost of ₹9.13 cr
• Bhubaneswar-Cuttack-Paradeep-Bhadrak Railway section ₹8.86 cr
• Angul Section ₹9.48 cr
• Headquarters area in Bhubaneswar ₹9.10 cr
• Khurda Road-Puri Section ₹8.74 cr
• Paradeep-Kendujhargarh Railway Section ₹8.10 cr
• Visakhapatnam area ₹7.25 cr
• Visakhapatnam Electric Loco Shed area ₹7.10 cr
• Duvvada-Palasa Main Line/Naupada-Gunupur/Vizianagaram-Rayagada area ₹8.78 cr
• Kottavalasa-Kirandul Rail Line Section ₹7.53 cr
Major Station Buildings and Service Buildings like Headquarters Building, Rail Sadan at Chandrasekharpur, 6790 KWp have also been provided with Rooftop Solar Power Plants/Renewable Energy sources. Level Crossing Gates at most of the places in ECoR jurisdiction have also been installed with Solar/Renewable Energy Systems.
East Coast Railway is committed to maximizing the use of Solar Energy for meeting its energy requirements. This will help in meeting the day-to-day power needs of Stations and other Service Buildings. Apart from being environmentally friendly, this leads to savings in precious expenditure for the Railways.
