[Pics] Solar Panels Installed at Delhi Metro’s Kalindi Kunj Depot

16 Jun 2016 ⋅ by TMRG ⋅ in Delhi Metro ⋅ 0 Comments

Sun Energy India Enterprises has completed installing solar panels on top of two sheds of the upcoming Delhi Metro Magenta Line’s Kalindi Kunj Depot! These panels are part of a 1.09 MW solar plant which will be commissioned in the coming months. While this may seem minuscule compared to the Delhi Metro’s current peak power requirement of 150 MW and future requirement of 250 MW by the time Phase 3 becomes fully operational in 2018, it will definitely help in making the depot’s sheds self sufficient.

The DMRC has over the past years installed solar plants at various stations such as Anand Vihar, Pragati Maidan & the Yamuna Bank Depot totaling 6.22 MW (see list & installed capacity), and recently announced their intention to have an installed capacity of 20MW by 2016-end and 50MW by 2021-end. Here are some posts from the past with some nice images which might interest you:

• Delhi Metro’s HUDA City Centre in Gurgaon Adds 100 kWp Solar Power Plant

• Delhi Metro Installs 9 New Solar Plants on Violet Line

• 1.5 MW Solar Plant Goes Live at Delhi Metro’s Mukundpur Depot

Most recent satellite view shows the panels: