Coal: a heavy burden on the Indian railways
India’s power demand is rising more quickly than its renewable capacity additions, accelerating plans to mine, transport and burn up to 65% more thermal coal for electricity generation by 2030. Several
Rail Transport
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Rlys looks at bio-fuel to cut costs
After CNG, the Indian Railways now wants to tap bio-diesel potential to cut down on its operational cost. The Ministry has decided to set up an integrated bio-diesel plant at Chennai. The plant will have a production capacity of 30 tonnes per day.
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India's electricity needs and plan for addition of generation capacity
India has been facing shortage of electricity for almost a decade. According to the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), during the financial year 2008-09, the Indian utilities could supply 689 billion kWh of electricity against requirement of 774 billion kWh, which represents shortfall of about 11.0%.
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Railways to go green with four bio-diesel plants
<br />Praveen Kumar Singh<br /><br />New Delhi: Indian Railways has planned to set up four bio-diesel plants to reduce its carbon footprint and take forward its experiment with non-conventional form of energy. It is already planting saplings of jatropha, one of the sources of bio-diesel, on pilot basis in partnership with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC).<br />
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PTCC manual 2010
The new edition of PTCC Manual relates to the protection of the
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Railways in talks with NPCIL to set up nuclear power plant
THE Indian Railways has approached Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) for setting up 1000 mw of captive nuclear capacity on its behalf. The proposal put forward by the Indian Railways includes setting up two units of 500 mw on railway land.
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Under green drive, CR installs solar lights at level crossings
The railways are trying out several experiments to be environment friendly. While Central Railway (CR) has begun the process of installation of solar-powered illumination at level crossings along its sections, Western Railway (WR) is one of the first railways to run a train on bio-diesel. Both these railways have several lakhs of saplings of jathropa seeds along their rail tracks that yield oi
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Auto power-off plan for WR platforms
MUMBAI: In a bid to conserve energy at stations, the Western Railway (WR) has launched a new project that will ensure that lights on platforms switch off automatically when not in use. "The new plan is called the automatic platform lights controller system. Light controllers will be connected to the railway signals installed at a station.
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Rly plans coal corridors to ensure timely supplies to power projects
THE Indian Railways will put coal movement on its priority list to ensure timely supply of the fuel to power stations, a senior official said. For this, the Railways has rationalized its freight scheme by specifying dedicated routes linking coal producing areas with power stations.
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India gets 1st green rly station
New Delhi: Railways has inaugurated India
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CM demands more rly projects for NE
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has requested Minister for Railways Mamata Banerjee for inclusion of a slew of projects in the Railway Budget for the year 2011-12. In a letter to the Railway Minister, Gogoi requested Banerjee for new lines for strengthening the Railway infrastructure in the Northeast and Assam, which include a new railway line from Salona to Khumtai and Jorhat to Sivasagar for creatin