Express News Service
NEW DELHI: West Central Railways has signed Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for 400 MW of solar power for traction utility with the Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited (RUMSL) and the Surge Protection Devices (SPD). This comes at a time when the Indian Railways is taking steps to ensure zero carbon emission.
The RUMSL is a joint venture of the solar energy Corporation of India and Madhya Pradesh’s Urja Vikas Nigam.
According to Additional director general PR of Railways Rajiv Jain “the solar power parks would be developed at Agar, Shajapur and Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh with a capacity of generating solar energy worth 1500 MW.
He further said that the foundations stones were recently laid down by cabinet minister of Renewal energy and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for the parks.
He further claimed that the proposed solar…