Indian Railways Shows Slow Progress in Installing Renewables
- Network less than 1% of way to renewable energy source goal
- Cleaning up railroads key to Modi’s net zero by 2070 pledge
A train travels through Parel railway station in Mumbai, India.
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Indian Railways, a sprawling network that ranks among the world’s largest, is a long way from generating the amount of clean energy it needs to become net carbon neutral by 2030, its own stated goal.
The organization had installed renewable capacity of 142 megawatts of rooftop solar and 103.4 megawatts of wind energy as of August, according to a statement dated Oct. 7 and recently uploaded to its website.