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 RAILWAY	No. of Stations provided with Solar Panels
1	Central Railway	21
2	Eastern Railway	39
3	East Central Railway	105
4	East Coast Railway	14
5	North Central Railway	32
6	North Eastern Railway	71
7	Northeast Frontier Railway	42
8	Northern Railway	51
9	North Western Railway	104
10	South Central Railway	49
11	South Eastern Railway	13
12	Southeast Central Railway	15
13	Southern Railway	52
14	South Western Railway	132
15	West Central Railway	23
16	Western Railway	69
17	Metro	3
Total	835

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 Units	Awarded Rooftop Solar Capacity (in MW)
1	Chittaranjan Locomotive Workshop	7.64
2	Central Railway	20.85
3	Diesel Locomotive Workshop	6.83
4	Eastern Railway	19.79
5	East Coast Railway	14.83
6	East Central Railway	12.65
7	Integral Coach Factory	2
8	Metro Kolkata	5.54
9	North Central Railway	10
10	North Western Railway	11.68
11	Northeast Frontier Railway	1.88
12	Northern Railway	23.63
13	North Eastern Railway	13.92
14	Research Design and Standards Organization	1.08
15	Rail Coach Factory	0.9
16	Southern Railway	10.69
17	Southeast Central Railway	4.38
18	South Eastern Railway	24.94
19	South Central Railway	33.14
20	South Western Railway	2.46
21	West Central Railway	9.63
22	Western Railway	10
Total	248.46

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.