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News Entry# 297701
Mar 26 2017 (14:41) Railways aim to save Rs 41K-cr on energy consumption expenses (www.moneycontrol.com)
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Posted by: Rang De Basanti^ 138872 news posts
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today his ministry has drawn up a mission to save Rs 41,000 crore on electricity energy bills over the next ten years...
railways is hedging far too much on a non-dispatchable source like solar, they need to diversify towards wind and in NFR/NR regions towards run-of-river to have some significant benefits. Solar power output is quite fickle and depends on many parameters, and this is even without considering what havoc a single shorted/damaged cell can wreck on an entire panel.
Yes,in long run Solar Power is costly by replacing cells and other infrastructure.
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