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India to have world’s largest clean energy-driven railway network: Piyush GoyalBy : Sustainability ..., Oct 5, 2020
The Railways has embarked on a massive electrification drive and by 2023, the country will have the world’s largest 100 per cent clean energy-driven rail... Read more.. |
Cabinet Approves Mou Between India, UK For Energy Self-Sufficiency In Indian RailwaysBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 9, 2020
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval to Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the UK's Department for International Development for enabling energy self-sufficiency in Indian Railways. An official release said under the MoU signed by Railway Ministry with... Read more.. Subject Tags: energy efficiency , Fuel Efficiency , Indian Railways , memorandum of understanding (MoU) , solar energy , UK |
Indian Railways signs MoU with DFID for energy efficiency cooperationBy : Sustainability ..., Dec 4, 2019
The Indian Railways has signed an agreement with the Department for International Development (DFID), United Kingdom for cooperation in the field of energy efficiency of the Indian Railways. As part of its obligations & commitment to reduce carbon footprints, Indian... Read more.. Subject Tags: carbon footprint reduction , energy efficiency , Indian Railways , memorandum of understanding (MoU) |
Indian Railways to be fully electrified in next 3-4 yearsBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 25, 2019
Indian Railways, country’s national carrier, is taking steps to minimise carbon footprint by reducing the number of trains running on diesel and to fully bring the network to run with electric locomotives. As on 01 November 2019, 37,237 route kilometers of rail lines have... Read more.. |
Indian Railways to become 'net zero' carbon emitter by 2030By : Sustainability ..., Oct 16, 2019
New Delhi: As part of India’s strategy to combat climate change, Indian Railways will become "net zero" carbon emitter by 2030, said railways and commerce minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday. India is the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases after the US and China, and is among... Read more.. Subject Tags: carbon emissions reduction , Climate Change , Indian Railways , renewable energy programme |
Indian Railways drawing 4 GW solar project bid for powering locosBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 17, 2019
Indian Railways will soon run trains using solar power from arrays of photovoltaic cells deployed on both sides of select electrified tracks in 10 states, replacing 4,000 MW of coal-fired... Read more.. Subject Tags: clean energy capacity addition , energy savings , India , Indian Railways , photovoltaics , renewable , solar energy |
Indian Railways bets on solar and wind power! Three more stations go green to save on electricity billsBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 15, 2019
Indian Railways takes a big step towards clean energy and energy conservation! As part of its mission to utilise cost-effective renewable energy, three more railways stations of the Central... Read more.. |
Indian Railway Sets Up A Chair in TERIBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 21, 2015
Indian Railways will be funding a railway research chair on sustainable mobility at TERI University. The railway ministry entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with TERI University recently. The ministry said the ‘Railway Chair’ will focus and promote... Read more.. |