NCRTC inaugurates solar power plant at Duhai Depot - The Indian Express
NCRTC inaugurates solar power plant at Duhai Depot | Delhi News, The Indian Express
To generate electricity and save energy, the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) has inaugurated a solar power plant at RRTS Depot in Duhai, Ghaziabad, making it a green station.
NCRTC Managing Director, Vinay Kumar Singh, inaugurated the state-of-the-art solar power plant on Saturday.
The solar power plant has a capacity of 585 kWp and the solar panels have been installed at various depot buildings.
Officials said that during its estimated lifespan of 25 years, the solar plant is projected to generate approximately 6,66,000 units of solar energy per year. The plant is expected to reduce CO2 emissions by 615 tonnes annually, contributing to a remarkable reduction of 15,375 tonnes over its lifetime.
“The solar energy produced through this solar plant will be monitored and optimised by a cutting-edge cloud-based application which will track the output on a regular basis. This advanced technology ensures transparency, efficiency, and seamless management of the solar energy infrastructure, ” said a NCRTC official.
The solar power generated by this plant will not only meet the energy requirements of the depot but will have surplus to use in other RRTS operations, said officials .
The plant has been installed under the solar policy that the department adopted in March 2021. As per this policy, it will increase the share of renewable energy by generating about 11 MW peak in-house solar power on the rooftop of stations, depots and other buildings for non-traction purposes in the next five years.
Apart from this, it will optimise the energy mix to increase the share of renewable energy for traction purposes as well. It will also strive to put in place an appropriate investment climate, that would leverage the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Renewable Energy Certificate (REC), said officials.
The 17 km priority section of Delhi Meerut RRTS corridor is completed and is expected to be inaugurated soon. Besides, the first RRTS corridor alone is expected to reduce vehicular congestion with more than one lakh vehicles going off the roads and will help reduce air pollution with more than 2.5 lakh tonnes of carbon dioxide in vehicular emissions coming down, said officials.
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