Ghaziabad News Shri Vinay Kumar Singh, Managing Director, NCRTC, inaugurated the state-of-the-art Solar Power Plants installed at Sahibabad RRTS Station and Duhai Depot RRTS Station in the presence of all Directors and senior officials of NCRTC on Friday, 22 December 2023. With this inauguration, the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) has taken another strong step towards sustainability.
This plant will generate about 10 lakh units of electricity per year
The solar power plant installed at Sahibabad station equipped with 1620 high efficiency solar panels has a total capacity of 729 kW. The plant will generate about 10 lakh units of electricity per year against the annual consumption of about 7.3 lakh units per year for the auxiliary load of the station. With this inauguration, Sahibabad station will achieve the feat of being a green station as well as being carbon negative.
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Duhai depot becomes green depot
On the other hand, the solar power plant installed at Duhai Depot station equipped with 320 solar panels has an installed capacity of 108 kW. Earlier in July this year, a solar power plant with an installed capacity of 585kWp was installed at RRTS depot at Duhai, making the depot a green depot.
NCRTC achieves a major progress towards sustainability
With this initiative, NCRTC has achieved a major step towards sustainability as the three solar power plants are expected to reduce a total of approximately 1600 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per year. This reduction in emissions has been achieved by using clean and green solar energy instead of traditional fossil fuel-based power sources. This move towards solar energy is in line with NCRTC's commitment to reduce carbon footprint while optimizing operational costs. These solar initiatives by NCRTC are in line with its Solar Policy adopted in March 2021, which aims to generate around 11 MW of in-house solar power at stations, depots and other facilities over the next five years in traction and non-traction The objectives are to increase the share of renewable energy.
Awarded a platinum rating
To contribute towards a clean and green environment, NCRTC has also taken a step forward towards the goal of achieving the highest rating of Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) certification. In this direction, NCRTC has recently been awarded the highest, platinum rating of the prestigious 'Project Award for IGBC' for Ghaziabad Receiving Sub Station (RSS) and Sahibabad RRTS Station. Additionally, the RRTS equipped with green energy and minimum water consumption systems will improve the overall passenger experience in this green transportation model and also encourage greater usage of public transportation. The installation of these solar power plants testifies NCRTC's unwavering commitment towards sustainability and clean energy practices. This initiative is in line with the objectives of the National Solar Mission and strengthens the role of NCRTC in promoting clean, sustainable energy sources to benefit the National Capital Region as well as the country as a whole.
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