Suersh Prabhu Calls Upon to Undertake a Comprehensive and Structured Energy Audit in Indian Railways The Contract Awraded for Setting up 26 MW Windmill Project in Rajasthan
Delhi The Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu launched the formal process to set up the Windmill Farm of 26 Megawatt in Rajasthan which is the biggest renewable energy initiative by Indian Railways. The project is being set-up by Railway Renewable Energy Management Company Limited (REMCL) which is a joint venture of Ministry of Railways and, it's PSU, RITES Limited. The project is meant for generating electricity for the captive consumption of Indian Railways. The contract for this project was awarded by REMCL to INOX Wind Limited in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan. The Letter of Award of work was signed between REMCL and INOX Wind Ltd. in presence of Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Minister of State for Railways, Shri Manoj Sinha, MLA from Rajasthan Ms. Diya Kumari, Chairman Railway Board Shri Arunendra Kumar, Member-Electrical Railway Board Shri A.K. Mittal, Member-Engineering Railway Board Shri V.K. Gupta, Financial Commissioner Railway Board Smt. Rajalakshmi Ravikumar and Chairman-REMCL Shri Rajeev Mehrotra besides other officials from Railway Board, REMCL, RITES and INOX.