Western Railways installs 48 solar panels
The Western Railway (WR) has installed solar panels at its Matunga Road railway station. The 48 panels — of 280 Watt each — altogether would generate 48 kilowatt (kW) hours per day and replace the daytime energy usage of the entire railway station. Railway officials said the solar energy usage would also save around Rs 2 lakh per annum. “The solar panels, installed on a pilot basis at the Matunga Road railway station on June 20, would replace the daytime conventional energy usage of the station. They will be used for substituting electricity usage for administrative work across the station in the daytime. We expect to save at least 30-40 per cent electricity consumption a day, through the use of solar panels,” said Shailesh Gupta, Additional General Manager, WR.
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