Ministry of Railways
Till Feb 2025, Indian Railways Installs 209 MW Solar Plants at 2,249 Stations and Service Buildings
Indian Railways Solar Power Expansion Reaches 2249 Installations Units with 1489 Added in the Last Five Years, 2.3 Times More Than 628 in the Previous Five Years
Rajasthan Leads in Solar Power Expansion with the Highest 275 Installations Units Among All States and UTs
Posted On:
02 APR 2025 7:45PM by PIB Delhi
Indian Railways is making all endeavors to promote solar energy in line with the Government policies to proliferate renewable energy, environmental sustainability and to achieve long-term financial savings. The transition to renewable energy is an ongoing process.
Indian Railways has planned to progressively procure renewable energy through different power procurement modes for Round The Clock (RTC) power, which is hybrid solution for renewable power includes solar and wind etc. Most of the work of setting up of solar plants is undertaken by Railways through Power Purchase Agreement under developer mode.
During implementation of solar energy, many challenges like regulatory constraints, power evacuation and connectivity issues were faced by the railways. To tackle these issues, State Governments and Transmission Utilities were pursued on regular basis.
So far, about 209 MW of solar plants on 2249 Railway stations and service buildings across the country have been provided. State-wise and year-wise details are as under:
|
S.No.
|
State
|
Railway Stations Provided with Solar Plants (in Nos.)
|
|
2014-15 to 2019-20
|
2020-21 to February, 2025
|
Cumulative
upto February, 2025
|
|
1
|
Rajasthan
|
73
|
200
|
275
|
|
2
|
Maharashtra
|
43
|
213
|
270
|
|
3
|
West Bengal
|
12
|
222
|
237
|
|
4
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
78
|
93
|
204
|
|
5
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
33
|
126
|
198
|
|
6
|
Karnataka
|
86
|
60
|
146
|
|
7
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
49
|
74
|
134
|
|
8
|
Odisha
|
30
|
103
|
133
|
|
9
|
Gujarat
|
11
|
96
|
112
|
|
10
|
Telangana
|
35
|
60
|
95
|
|
11
|
Bihar
|
25
|
42
|
81
|
|
12
|
Assam
|
27
|
48
|
78
|
|
13
|
Tamil Nadu
|
42
|
31
|
73
|
|
14
|
Jharkhand
|
10
|
35
|
47
|
|
15
|
Haryana
|
9
|
23
|
36
|
|
16
|
Punjab
|
19
|
11
|
30
|
|
17
|
Uttarakhand
|
1
|
17
|
18
|
|
18
|
Himanchal Pradesh
|
1
|
16
|
17
|
|
19
|
Tripura
|
15
|
1
|
16
|
|
20
|
Chhattisgarh
|
10
|
5
|
16
|
|
21
|
Kerala
|
12
|
1
|
13
|
|
22
|
Delhi
|
4
|
3
|
8
|
|
23
|
J & K
|
2
|
4
|
6
|
|
24
|
Nagaland
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
|
25
|
Meghalaya
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
26
|
Manipur
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
27
|
Chandigarh
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
28
|
Puducherry
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
Total
|
628
|
1489
|
2249
|
This information was given by the Union Minister of Railways, Information & Broadcasting and Electronics & Information Technology Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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