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Power on Track: Rail Solar Panels the Next Emerging Opportunity for Make in India

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Fitting a solar panel module on the roof of a railway coach can yield more than 7,200 units of electricity every year. If implemented on all 63,511 coaches in the Railways, 450 million units of power can be harnessed resulting in savings of 10.8 crore litres of diesel and reduction of carbon dioxide emission by approximately 3 lakh tonnes.

Source: The New Indian Express

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The large scale manufacturing and design of such Solar Rail coaches under Make in India Initiatitive can significantly bring down the price of such solar panels along with operational costs. It also presents opportunity in the field of R&D in solar energy. With advancement in technology higher yields can be obtained leading to higher saving on diesel and thereby reducing carbon emissions in the country.

Source: SNP Infra Research