India is rolling out trains with solar-powered coaches that'll save thousands of litres of diesel — Quartz

India is rolling out trains with solar-powered coaches that'll save thousands of litres of diesel — Quartz

India's largest travel network Indian Railway still uses Diesel as the fuel for train engines. But now they are started to use solar panels for other purposes. The solar panels fitted on the trains can produce electricity to power the lights, fans, and other display systems in the passenger trains. By this technique, Indian railway can save litres of diesel. On July 14, 2017, Indian railway started this new service. A set of 16 solar panels is used to produce the electricity. This will save almost 21000 liters of Diesel. 

This rooftop solar trains are designed by Jakon engineers. The speed of trains is high. So engineering solar panels on the train top is really difficult. Rather than this, the railway station rooftops are also using roof top solar energy. These works are done according to the ambition of prime minister Narendra Modi.