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The Indian Railways South Central Railways (SCR) zone has become the 1st zonal railway in the country to have functional “energy neutral” railway stations on the network. The South Central Railways has converted a total of 13 railway stations into “energy neutral” stations, which is the highest amongst all the zones across the Indian Railways network. The energy-neutral railway stations are capable of meeting 100 per cent energy requirements by tapping into solar power through solar photovoltaic panels which have been commissioned at the station buildings.

The 13 energy-neutral railway stations of the SCR zone are listed: Ghatkesar station of the Secunderabad division has solar panels with an installed capacity of 10 kWp Dharur station of the Secunderabad division has solar panels with an installed capacity of 5 kWp Raghunathpalli station of the Secunderabad division has solar panels with an installed capacity of 5 kWp Mellacheruvu station of the Secunderabad division has solar panels with an installed capacity of 5 kWp Ontimitta station of the Guntakal division has solar panels with an installed capacity of 7.5 kWp Kadiyam station of the Vijayawada division has solar panels with an installed capacity of 10 kWp Dwarapudi station of the Vijayawada division has solar panels with an installed capacity of 10 kWp Godavari station of the Vijayawada division has solar panels with an installed capacity of 10 kWp Dharmabad station of the Hyderabad division has solar panels with an installed capacity of 11.6 kWp Sivungaon station of the Hyderabad division has solar panels with an installed capacity of 2.2 kWp Umri station of the Hyderabad division has solar panels with an installed capacity of 17.43 kWp Karkheli station of the Hyderabad division has solar panels with an installed capacity of 2.2 kWp Bolsa station of the Hyderabad division has solar panels with an installed capacity of 2.95 kWp