Large solar power capacity alongside rail track to be set up: FM
NEW DELHI: The railways on Saturday said about 51,000 hectares of its unused land was available for installing solar plants with a potential to generate 10 GW of clean energy, hours after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a proposal to set up such land-based plants alongside rail tracks in her budget speech.
Railway Board Chairman VK Yadav said the national transporter had planned to set up 1,000-MW solar power plants and about 200-MW wind power plants by 2021-22 across its zones and production units.
“The railways has till date installed 100.99 MW of solar and 103.4 MW of wind power across its installations,” he said.
