Indian Railways, the nation’s largest electricity user with 2.4% of total consumption, plans to install 500 MW of rooftop solar generation capacity by 2021-22.
Minister for railways, commerce and industry, Piyush Goyal, told the Lok Sabha lower house of the Indian parliament 95.67 MW of solar rooftop capacity has already been installed on railway buildings, including 835 stations, and a further 248.46 MW is under development.
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FYI
Recently I have installed a 3kV solar PV on-grid system, located on the Kerala state highway (SH 50) area consumed approximately 600 square meters. Don’t have a clear picture at present, awaiting to get the calculation from the provider based on consumption and how much solar produced.
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