After experimenting with solar-powered train coaches last year, India’s diesel-guzzling railways now have an entire station that runs on renewable energy.
The Guwahati railway station in the capital city of Assam is the first railway station in the country to be fully solar-powered.
A major railway thoroughfare in India’s northeastern region, the station handles around 20,000 passengers every day.
The Guwahati railway station building has grid-connected rooftop solar panels totalling a capacity of 700 kilowatt that will cater to the electricity needs of the station, the coach depot, and the railway colony area, the Northeast Frontier Railway, an arm of the Indian Railways, said in a statement.
This will help the railway network save around Rs67.7 lakhs per year in electricity bills.
