October 27, 2017 12:02 PM

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Piyush Goyal launches first set of solar plants with capacity of 5 MW

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal today launched the first set of solar plants with a total capacity of 5 megawatt in New Delhi area. The project is part of the government's National Solar Mission in which Indian Railways plans to commission one thousand Megawatt solar plants across its network. <br/><br/>Inaugurating the international conference on Green Initiatives and Railway Electrification, Mr Goyal said, Railway is working towards speeding up its electrification and road-map for identifying various solutions to achieve larger goal of transforming Railways as a 100 per cent de-carbonised and most energy efficient. <br/><br/>He said, Railway is also looking to achieve 100 per cent electrification for its operation in coming years. The Minister said, two and a half years after launching UJALA, more than 750 million incandescent bulbs in India have been replaced by LED bulbs.

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