IIT Madras Will Power AC Coaches In Indian Railways With Solar Energy
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Indian Railways will soon have the AC coaches powered by solar
energy. The Integral Coach Factory at Chennai has joined hands with IIT
Madras to design coaches that will use solar energy to power the air
conditioning systems. In addition, the solar energy will be used to
power the lighting inside the coaches. This would be the first project
of its kind that Indian Railways is undertaking to tap solar energy.
Indian Railways, world's largest railway system, is looking to tap
alternative, cleaner sources of energy to reduce its overall dependence
on fossil fuels and the power grid. Indian Railways is looking at
massive scaling of AC coaches in the coming future, which would result
into increased spending on the fuels unless other mechanisms are
developed power them.
A senior ICF official has said that they've asked IIT Madras to find out
various ways to tap the solar power and use it for interior lighting
and cooling. An MoU has been signed about a month ago and preliminary
discussions have started with professors to develop a feasible model.
No information is available yet on how long will this project take. We'd
like to ask our fellow engineers for their opinion on this project and
what'd be the ways to make this possible? How do you propose to tap the
solar energy for use in railways?
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