Lok Sabha Question No. 2483 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: Energy Consumption
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: DARSHANA VIKRAM JARDOSH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2483 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.12.2018

## ENERGY CONSUMPTION

## 2483.   SHRIMATI DARSHANA VIKRAM JARDOSH:

## Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  steps  taken  by  the  Railways  to  minimise  use  of  fuel  and  bring energy efficiency with a view to cut down cost of operations; (b) whether such steps have yielded results in terms of energy/monetary savings and if so, the details thereof; (c) the  details  of  energy  consumption  during  the  last  one  year,  divisionwise; and whether the Railways have charted out a plan to expand use of solar energy in its system, if so, the details thereof and the time by when it
- (d) would be feasible to be used in train operations also?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) to (d) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d) OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2483  BY  SHRIMATI  DARSHANA  VIKRAM JARDOSH TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 26.12.2018 REGARDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION

- (a) The steps taken by the Railways to minimise use of fuel and bring energy efficiency with a view to cut down cost of operations are as under -
- i. Zonal Railways have been advised to reduce minimum inventories of all major RCDs from 15 to 5 days.
- ii. Use of blended High Speed Diesel (HSD) with 5% of B-100 Biodiesel has been started for Diesel Locomotives.
- iii. Zonal Railways have been advised to review trip ration properly to tighten the slack trip rationing.
- iv. The performance of loco pilots is being monitored regularly. List of bad  &  good  runners  are  being  identified  on  the  basis  of  fuel consumption vis-a-vis trip ration. Bad runners are being counseled & monitored  by  loco  inspectors.  Monitoring  of  Loco  Pilots  using dynamic brakes and performing coasting according to the topography are being done.
- v. To avoid idle running of the Engine of  Diesel locomotive, a JPO has  been  jointly  issued  at  Railway  Board  level  with  operating department  and  accordingly  at  Zonal  Railways  level  also  for shutting down of diesel locos in case of idling of the locomotive.
- Zonal Railways have been advised to rationalize fuelling pattern based on landed price of HSD oil. The cheaper RCDs are fuelling more to diesel locomotive to avoid fuelling at costlier location of
- vi. RCDs.
- vii. All  Overaged  WDM2  locos  have  been  withdrawn  from  mainline service.

- viii. Conversion of Driving Power Car (DPC) of Diesel Electric Multiple Unit DEMU trains in dual fuel (Diesel + LNG/CNG) mode has been started to use CNG in place of HSD.
- ix. Auxiliary  Power  Unit  has  been  introduced  in  Diesel  locos  for automatic  shutting  down  of  the  diesel  locomotive  while  standing idle.
- x. Common Rail  electronic  Direct  Injection  (CReDI)  system  has  been developed and are being fitted in Diesel Locomotive.
- xi. Miller  cycle  based  turbochargers  and  Variable  Turbine  Geometry (VTG)  Turbochargers  to  achieve  fuel  efficiency  is  at  development stage.
5. (b) Yes, Madam. expected positive results yielded are as under:-
- i. 4  %  saving  in  fuel  consumption  has  been  realized  at  Eng  Test Bed with the use of CReDI on ALCo locomotive engine and 2.5% saving in fuel consumption on HHP locomotives.
7. Approx.  23  nos.  of    DPCs  have  been  converted  and  running  in dual fuel (Diesel + CNG) Mode. Diesel displacement of upto 20%
- ii. has been achieved.
- iii. Reliability verification testing of Miller cycle based turbocharger has  been  completed  in  field.  Approx.  2%  fuel  saving  and  20% reduction  in  NOx  is  expected  by  use  of  miller  cycle  based turbocharger.  Performance  evaluation  on  engine  test  bed  is scheduled in next month.
- iv. Variable turbine geometry (VTG) turbocharger has been fitted on a WDG3A loco and 2.5% fuel saving (approx.) has been realized on test bed.
11. (c) Yes, Madam. The details of energy consumption during the last one year, division-wise are as under:-

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## Energy consumption for Diesel Traction

| S.N   | ZONAL RAILWAY   | DIVISION    |   2017-18(April 17-March 18) Fuel Consumption (in KLs) |   2018-19 (April 18- October 18) Fuel Consumption (in KLs) |
|-------|-----------------|-------------|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1     |                 | Bhusawal    |                                                  41432 |                                                      26059 |
| 1     |                 | Mumbai CST  |                                                  50187 |                                                      36917 |
| 1     | Central Railway | Nagpur      |                                                   9857 |                                                       4587 |
| 1     |                 | Pune        |                                                  57976 |                                                      42809 |
| 1     |                 | Solapur     |                                                  89239 |                                                      56846 |
| 1     | Total           | Total       |                                                 248691 |                                                     167218 |
| 2     | East Coast      | Khurda Road |                                                  35911 |                                                      26677 |
| 2     | East Coast      | Waltair     |                                                  85042 |                                                      60260 |
| 2     | East Coast      | Sambhalpur  |                                                  55743 |                                                      37585 |
| 2     | Total           | Total       |                                                 176696 |                                                     124522 |
| 3     |                 | Dhanbad     |                                                  50317 |                                                      36726 |
| 3     |                 | Danapur     |                                                  11426 |                                                       8232 |
| 3     |                 | Mughalsarai |                                                  51242 |                                                      34259 |
| 3     |                 | Sonpur      |                                                  46742 |                                                      31093 |
| 3     |                 | Samastipur  |                                                  24089 |                                                      16571 |
| 3     | Total           | Total       |                                                 183816 |                                                     126881 |
| 4     |                 | Asansol     |                                                  22541 |                                                      13389 |
| 4     | Eastern         | Howrah      |                                                  35918 |                                                      24005 |
| 4     | Railway         | Sealdah     |                                                  11108 |                                                       8113 |
| 4     |                 | Malda       |                                                  59835 |                                                      42269 |
|       |                 | Total       |                                                 129402 |                                                      87776 |
|       | North Central   | Agra        |                                                   8945 |                                                       5525 |
|       | North Central   | Allahabad   |                                                  42954 |                                                      31148 |
|       | North Central   | Jhansi      |                                                  40508 |                                                      26688 |
|       |                 | Total       |                                                  92407 |                                                      63361 |
| 6     | North Eastern   | Varanasi    |                                                  34829 |                                                      18183 |
| 6     | North Eastern   | Lucknow     |                                                  71986 |                                                      44770 |
| 6     | North Eastern   | Izzatnagar  |                                                  24839 |                                                      16004 |
|       |                 | Total       |                                                 131654 |                                                      78957 |
|       | Northeast       | Katihar     |                                                  95351 |                                                      66974 |
|       | Northeast       | Rangiya     |                                                  28102 |                                                      20811 |
| 7     | Northeast       | Lumding     |                                                  78249 |                                                      55936 |
|       |                 | Total       |                                                 217538 |                                                     156260 |

| Northern              | Delhi              |   115361 |   81352 |
|-----------------------|--------------------|----------|---------|
| Northern              | Firozpur           |    51968 |   35261 |
| Northern              | Lucknow            |   106434 |   75441 |
| Northern              | Moradabad          |    68828 |   48009 |
| Northern              | Ambala             |    74700 |   51952 |
|                       | Total              |   417291 |  292015 |
| North Western Railway | Jaipur             |   141980 |   94254 |
|                       | Ajmer              |    69416 |   49138 |
|                       | Bikaner            |    45774 |   28733 |
|                       | Jodhpur            |    85192 |   59936 |
|                       | Total              |   342363 |  232061 |
| South Central Railway | Vijayawada         |    25574 |   17014 |
|                       | Guntur             |    20663 |   13442 |
|                       | Guntakal           |    98070 |   68461 |
|                       | Hyderabad          |    34311 |   31980 |
|                       | Secunderabad       |    72687 |   53266 |
|                       | Nanded             |    39330 |   24036 |
|                       | Total              |   290635 |  208199 |
| South East            | Bilaspur           |    22068 |   14703 |
| Central Railway       | Nagpur             |    10941 |    6061 |
|                       | Raipur             |    29738 |   18330 |
|                       | Total              |    62747 |   39094 |
|                       | Adra               |     5683 |    3683 |
| South Eastern         | Chakradharpur      |    21793 |   14238 |
| Railway               | Kharagpur          |     8359 |    5700 |
|                       | Ranchi             |     7050 |    3414 |
|                       | Total              |    42885 |   27035 |
|                       | Chennai            |     4825 |    3284 |
|                       | Madurai            |    27100 |   17055 |
| Southern              | Palakkad           |    48346 |   25927 |
| Railway               | Salem              |    22002 |   12131 |
|                       | Tiruchchirappalli  |    35359 |   26094 |
|                       | Thiruvananthapuram |    13980 |   10011 |
|                       | Total              |   151612 |   94502 |
| South                 | Bengaluru          |    71829 |   48061 |
| Western               | Hubballi           |   102468 |   65884 |
| Railway               | Mysuru             |    43959 |   28634 |
|                       | Total              |   218256 |  142579 |
| West Central          | Bhopal             |    64784 |   34599 |
|                       | Jabalpur           |    82804 |   61977 |
| Railway               | Kota               |     8427 |    5791 |
|                       | Total              |   156015 |  102367 |

| 16          | Western     | Ahmedabad   |   112986 |   79555 |
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------|---------|
| 16          | Western     | Mumbai      |     2534 |    1735 |
| 16          |             | Vadodara    |    15763 |   10934 |
| 16          | Railway     | Ratlam      |    37580 |   27729 |
| 16          |             | Rajkot      |    21380 |   15059 |
| 16          |             | Bhavnagar   |    25531 |   17037 |
|             | Total       | Total       |   215774 |  152049 |
| GRAND TOTAL | GRAND TOTAL | GRAND TOTAL |  3077782 | 2094876 |

## Energy consumption for Electric Traction

|   S.N | RAILWAYS             | DIVISION    | 2017-18(April 17-March 18) Energy Consumption (in Million Unit)   | 2018-19 (April 18- October 18) Energy Consumpti on (in Million Unit)   |
|-------|----------------------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|     1 | Central Railway      | Bhusawal    | 575.89                                                            | 362.87                                                                 |
|     1 | Central Railway      | Mumbai CST  | 739.14                                                            | 444.28                                                                 |
|     1 | Central Railway      | Nagpur      | 570.63                                                            | 343.69                                                                 |
|     1 | Central Railway      | Pune        | 7.07                                                              | 4.48                                                                   |
|     1 | Central Railway      | Solapur     | 47.11                                                             | 32.10                                                                  |
|     1 |                      | Total       | 1939.84                                                           | 1187.42                                                                |
|     2 | East Coast Railway   | Khurda Road | 679.28                                                            | 393.96                                                                 |
|     2 | East Coast Railway   | Waltair     | 443.13                                                            | 270.15                                                                 |
|     2 | East Coast Railway   | Sambhalpur  | 1.77                                                              | 5.63                                                                   |
|     2 |                      | Total       | 1124.18                                                           | 669.74                                                                 |
|     3 | East Central Railway | Dhanbad     | 466.70                                                            | 275.79                                                                 |
|     3 | East Central Railway | Danapur     | 253.32                                                            | 164.01                                                                 |
|     3 | East Central Railway | Mughalsarai | 340.03                                                            | 205.45                                                                 |
|     3 | East Central Railway | Sonpur      | 63.70                                                             | 48.24                                                                  |
|     3 |                      | Samastipur  | 0.00                                                              | 0.00                                                                   |
|     3 |                      | Total       | 1123.75                                                           | 693.49                                                                 |
|     4 | Eastern Railway      | Asansol     | 256.56                                                            | 144.76                                                                 |
|     4 | Eastern Railway      | Howrah      | 403.72                                                            | 236.86                                                                 |
|     4 | Eastern Railway      | Sealdah     | 371.62                                                            | 215.54                                                                 |
|     4 |                      | Malda Total | 0.00 1031.90                                                      | 0.00 597.16                                                            |

| North Central      | Agra          |   270.77 |   170.38 |
|--------------------|---------------|----------|----------|
| North Central      | Allahabad     |   985.16 |   606.92 |
| North Central      | Jhansi        |   416.57 |   261.98 |
|                    | Total         |  1672.5  |  1039.28 |
| North Eastern      | Varanasi      |    34.03 |    30.61 |
| Railway            | Lucknow       |    92.77 |    59.15 |
|                    | Izzatnagar    |     0    |     0    |
|                    | Total         |   126.8  |    89.76 |
|                    | Katihar       |     6.84 |     6.25 |
| Northeast Frontier | Alipurduar    |     0    |     0    |
| Railway            | Rangiya       |     0    |     0    |
|                    | Lumding       |     0    |     0    |
|                    | Tinsukia      |     0    |     0    |
|                    | Total         |     6.84 |     6.25 |
|                    | Delhi         |   420.69 |   208.01 |
|                    | Firozpur      |   148.29 |    97.83 |
| Northern Railway   | Lucknow       |   133.81 |   102.44 |
|                    | Moradabad     |   183.55 |   129.17 |
|                    | Ambala        |   123.75 |    80.14 |
|                    | Total         |  1010.09 |   617.58 |
|                    | Jaipur        |     3.44 |     2.14 |
| North Western      | Ajmer         |     0    |     0.75 |
| Railway            | Bikaner       |     0    |     0    |
|                    | Jodhpur       |     0    |     0    |
|                    | Total         |     3.44 |     2.89 |
|                    | Vijayawada    |   685.02 |   465.11 |
| South Central      | Guntur        |    17.41 |    17.91 |
| Railway            | Guntakal      |   248.42 |   225.69 |
|                    | Hyderabad     |     7.42 |     5.19 |
|                    | Secunderabad  |   654.41 |   473.99 |
|                    | Nanded        |     0    |     0    |
|                    | Total         |  1612.68 |  1187.89 |
| South East         | Bilaspur      |   754.14 |   456.52 |
| Central Railway    | Nagpur        |   297.94 |   193.89 |
|                    | Raipur        |   213.59 |   130.2  |
|                    | Total         |  1265.67 |   780.61 |
| South Eastern      | Adra          |   221.34 |   133.55 |
|                    | Chakradharpur |   687.06 |   399.44 |
| Railway            | Kharagpur     |   556.39 |   325.71 |
|                    | Ranchi        |   156.07 |   103.12 |
|                    | Total         |  1620.86 |   961.82 |

|             |                       | Chennai            | 570.21       | 351.28      |
|-------------|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------|-------------|
| 13          | Southern Railway      | Madurai            | 46.63 102.74 | 33.35 82.11 |
|             |                       | Palakkad           |              |             |
|             |                       | Salem              | 194.16       | 125.55      |
|             |                       | Tiruchchirappalli  | 69.90        | 43.97       |
|             |                       | Thiruvananthapuram | 178.32       | 104.55      |
|             |                       | Total              | 1161.96      | 740.80      |
| 14          | South Western Railway | Bengaluru          | 113.87       | 80.93       |
|             |                       | Hubballi           | 0.00         | 0.00        |
|             |                       | Total              | 113.87       | 80.93       |
| 15          | West Central Railway  | Bhopal             | 541.84       | 312.23      |
|             |                       | Jabalpur           | 200.53       | 130.25      |
|             |                       | Kota               | 425.32       | 268.47      |
|             |                       | Total              | 1167.69      | 710.95      |
|             |                       | Ahmedabad          | 17.41        |             |
| 16          | Western Railway       |                    |              | 10.65       |
|             |                       | Mumbai             | 778.54       | 469.97      |
|             |                       | Vadodara           | 347.04       | 216.90      |
|             |                       | Ratlam             | 392.07       | 242.80      |
|             |                       | Rajkot             | 0.00         | 0.00        |
|             |                       | Bhavnagar          | 0.00         | 0.00        |
|             |                       | Total              | 1535.06      | 940.32      |
| GRAND TOTAL | GRAND TOTAL           | GRAND TOTAL        | 16517.13     | 10306.88    |

- (d) Details of plan for use of solar energy are as under:-
- (i) Indian Railways has plans to set up 1000 MW solar power plants by 2020-21  across  Zonal  Railways  &  Production  Units.  Feasibility  of using solar power for train operations is presently under study, as no  readymade  solutions  are  available  presently  for  using  solar power for 25,000 volts, single phase traction purpose.
- (ii) In Passenger Trains Solar Panels on trial basis has been fitted on the  roof  top  of  06  Nos.  Trailer  Coaches  (TC)  of  Diesel  Electric Multiple  Unit  (DEMU)  at  ICF/Chennai  presently  working  at  Diesel Shed/Shakurbasti and TCs of DEMU at diesel Shed/Jamalpur. Solar panels  have  been  installed  on  10  nos  Exhibition  Coaches  of Swachhata Express.

- (iii) Further there are sanction Provision of solar panels on 250 nos. TC of DEMUs, fitment of solar panels on 250 DEMU TC coaches and provision of solar energy in 30 DEMU coaches.

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