{"id":8472,"date":"2017-04-06T04:32:23","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T04:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatepolicyinitiative.org\/?post_type=cpi_events&p=8472"},"modified":"2017-05-15T14:24:42","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T14:24:42","slug":"energy-needs-indian-railways-emerging-requirements-strategies-solutions","status":"publish","type":"cpi_events","link":"https:\/\/www.climatepolicyinitiative.org\/pt-br\/event\/energy-needs-indian-railways-emerging-requirements-strategies-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy Needs of Indian Railways: Emerging Requirements, Strategies and Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) Consultant Charith Konda presented the key findings of the report, Decarbonization of Indian Railways: Assessing Balancing Costs and Policy Risks<\/a>, at the Energy Needs of Indian Railways-Emerging Requirements, Strategies and Solutions conference held in New Delhi on 6th April, 2017. The conference was organized by India Infrastructure, PowerLine and RenewableWatch, sponsored by ABB and co-sponsored by Waaree Energies.<\/p>\n

More than 40 organizations participated in the conference including UNDP, Indian Railway Organisation for Alternate Fuels, Indian Energy Exchange, Japan Int’l Consultants for Transportation, Central Railway, Tata Power, KPMG, National High Speed Rail Corporation and IREDA.<\/p>\n

The new CPI report, which Charith Konda presented, assesses the costs and policy risks involved in\u00a0complete decarbonization of the electricity demand from Indian Railways (IR) – transitioning from the current,\u00a0largely\u00a0fossil-fuel based\u00a0energy mix to clean energy like solar and wind power.<\/p>\n

The report takes an important look at the costs of load balancing. Because solar and wind power can be intermittent and variable, they will require load balancing, which requires use of technologies such as energy storage to ensure consistent supply of electricity that can meet the demand.<\/p>\n

The key findings\u00a0that Charith presented are:<\/p>\n