New Delhi: Under the flagship applications of the Government, "Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Batteries" and "National Hydrogen Mission", to reduce down at the Green House Gas (GHG) emission below Paris Climate Agreement 2015 and "Mission Net Zero Carbon Emission Railway" with the aid of using 2030, Indian Railways are set to run trains on hydrogen gasoline-primarily based totally technology.
"We'll do retrofitting on DEMU trains which run on 89 km song among Haryana's Jind and Sonipat. A pre-bid convention for this could be hung on August 17 and we are hoping that method will end with the aid of using October 5," ADG PRO Rajiv Jain informed ANI. Further, SK Saxena, CEO of Railway Energy Management Company Limited brought that hydrogen gasoline is the cleanest gasoline. "We'll eliminate the diesel generator and exploration a hydrogen gasoline molecular.Input will extrude to hydrogen gasoline from diesel. It'll be the cleanest shape of gasoline. If hydrogen is generated from the sun it will be known as inexperienced electricity," he said.
In a press launch on Saturday, the Ministry of Railways said, "There has been the latest budgetary pronouncement to kick off the idea of Hydrogen Mobility withinside the Country.
Accepting it as a challenge, the Indian Railways Organization of Alternate Fuel (IROAF), Green Fuel vertical of Indian Railways, has invited the bids for Hydrogen Fuel Cell-primarily based totally Train on Railways Network. The undertaking shall start in 89km Sonipat-Jind phase of Northern Railway."
Highlighting that ₹ 2.three crores can be stored yearly because of the undertaking, the ministry said, "Initially, 2 DEMU rakes can be transformed and later, 2 Hybrid locos can be transformed primarily based totally on Hydrogen Fuel molecular electricity movement.
There can be no extra withinside the riding console. Also, the undertaking will result in saving of ₹ 2.three Cr. yearly."
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