Nagpur: Direct supply of solar energy into the Indian railway line, without the need to be connected through the grid, it will save almost 7 million tons of carbon per year while also turning on at least one of four trains on competing networks.
It was revealed in a new study by NGO climate trends and start-up green technology based in the UK.
According to the Annual Report Indian Railways 2019-2020, there was more than 8 billion passenger traffic in that period, which meant 2 billion passengers could travel by train that was directly powered by solar energy.
New analysis highlights that about a quarter of this new solar capacity – up to 5,272 megawatts – can be fed directly to the train overhead path instead of being purchased on the electricity network, reducing energy loss and saving money for rail operators.
The researchers found that replacing the energy supplied from a network dominated by coal for private-wire supplies from Surya could also quickly cut emissions of 6.8 million tons of carbon dioxide every year – just above all the annual emissions of Kanpur.
Stated that India led to the electrification of the rail and the spread of solar power, reported the co-authors and founders riding Sunbeams Leo Murray said, “Our analysis shows that connecting these two low-carbon stone technology together on the Indian train can encourage the country’s economic recovery from pandemics Covid and its efforts to transmit fossil fuels to overcome the climate crisis.
“Highlights that the government pumps a large amount of money to modernize the train, director of climate trends and co-authors Aarti Khosla said,” There was an analysis that changing all diesel locomotives would indeed increase emissions In the short term, however, this report shows an extraordinary opportunity to do it correctly first, by creating a direct connection from the locomotive system to the Solar PV installation, meeting more than a quarter of the total demand.
“The researchers also warned that achieving the PE electrification target Noah of all routes in 2023 can be accompanied by increased CO2 emissions in the short term due to the current Indian dependence on coal to produce electricity to produce electricity.