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Southern Railway has planned to instal 2,600 kilo watt per hr (KWPH) of star powerfulness capableness successful the existent fiscal twelvemonth 2026-27, astatine its metropolis stations. Once completed, the star capableness would treble to much than 5,000 KWPH of renewable vigor procreation and assistance successful curbing the usage of fossil fuels.
Proposed plans
A elder authoritative of the Chennai part of Southern Railway said the renewable vigor initiative, which was launched from the Dr. MGR Chennai Central station, has been steadily expanding with plans to conscionable a large information of the energy request of the railway stations done star power.
As portion of the renewable powerfulness initiative, star plants were installed astatine St. Thomas Mount and Guindy railway stations and the Zonal Electric Traction Training Centre successful Avadi, during the past fiscal year. In the contiguous year, star plants person been projected to beryllium installed astatine Tambaram, Chengalpattu, Mambalam, and Park railway stations.
The railway authoritative said astatine Central presumption alone, much than fractional of the energy needs of the sprawling presumption was being met done star power, with 59, 500 units generated per month, resulting successful savings of ₹11 lakh for energy charges. Similarly astatine St. Thomas Mount Railway Station, which was renovated nether Amrit Bharat Station Scheme (ABSS), the caller star works generates 2,450 units of energy and saves ₹50,000 of energy charges per month.
At present, star plants are functioning astatine railway stations, including Melmaruvathur, Kancheepuram, Katpadi, Tiruvottiyur, Arakkonam, Royapuram, Jolarpet, Gummidipoondi, Tiruvallur, Tiruttani, St. Thomas Mount, Avadi, Guindy, and Basin Bridge.
The Southern Railway, successful summation to installing star plants astatine railway stations, has commissioned a 500-watt windmill and a 1000-watt star portion astatine the Divisional Railway Manager’s Office located down the Zonal bureau headquarters.
The Southern Railway, which is dilatory moving distant from the usage of accepted power, plans to marque savings of ₹1.50 crore successful energy measure by generating 24 lakh units each year.
With the availability of space, transport activistic Dayanand Krishnan wanted the Southern Railway to instal star plants successful each the railway stations of the Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS).
