Coal minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday discussed ways to improve coal stocks at thermal power plants with railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and power minister R K Singh. The meeting comes against the backdrop of power plants grappling with coal shortages. “Held virtual meeting with Ministers @AshwiniVaishnaw ji & @RajKSinghIndia ji, along with officers of @CoalMinistry, […]
Organisation that floated tender for hydrogen trains shuts shop; Railway says no effect on bids – EQ Mag Pro
New Delhi : Barely a month after the Indian Railways Organization of Alternate Fuel (IROAF), a green fuel vertical of the Railways, invited bids for hydrogen fuel cell-based technology for trains, the national transporter has issued an order to shut down the organisation. This was done through an order issued on September 7. The Railways, […]
Electric vehicle charging unit inaugurated
Autokast to build bogies for Railways An electric vehicle charging station set up on the premises of Autokast Limited, a ferrous foundry manufacturing unit in the public sector at SN Puram, near Cherthala, was thrown open to the public. Industries Minister E. P. Jayarajan virtually inaugurated the charging station and an arc furnace for constructing […]
Telangana’s Kamareddi Railway booking office gets solar roof
A total of 18 SPV panels each with a capacity of 320Wp, totalling to 5.76 Wp, have been incorporated into the roof of the building. HYDERABAD: The new booking office at Kamareddi Railway Station has been constructed with a solar roof. A first of its kind initiative, the solar roof was integrated with prefabricated concrete […]
Rly land to be given for 500-MW solar power plants to meet its traction needs: Rly Board chairman
New Delhi: The railways will offer its vacant land to install 500-megawatt solar power plants to meet its energy needs, Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav said on Monday. This is in addition to the railways’ aim of installing 500-MW solar power plants and about 200-MW wind plants by 2021-22 across its zones and production […]
Mumbai: Central Railway’s Nine Stations To Go Green In The Next Three Years
Dadar, Cotton Green and Byculla are among the railway stations that will be solar-powered The Central Railway on Tuesday said they have planned to convert nine major stations into green power zones over the next three years. It has identified Dadar, Govandi, Cotton Green, Byculla, traffic building at CSMT, LTT, Lonavala, Umbermali and Thansit stations, […]
Govt has decided to achieve 100 per cent electrification of railway in 10 years: Goyal
He said more than half of the trains that come to New Delhi are still based on diesel but the ministry is working on their electrification New Delhi: The government has decided to move towards achieving 100 per cent electrification of railways, as part of efforts to curb carbon footprints, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said […]
