Ukuqhuba inethiwekhi yesitimela, i-India isebenzisa cishe amalitha ayizigidi ezintathu kaphethiloli kadizili. Ingxenye yezitimela zabagibeli ezihamba amakhilomitha angama-66.000 wesitimela sazo zihamba ngezitimela zikadizili futhi, kancane, ku-biodiesel. Enye ingxenye ifakelwe ugesi.
Yize isibalo esikhulu semishini yezitimela edonsa ngodizili isasebenza eNdiya, izwe linenhlonipho ephindwe kabili yokuba ngowokuqala ukwethula imishini esebenzisa udizili. igesi yemvelo ecindezelweyo (okuthe yize kuwuphethiloli wezinsalela, ukhipha izinhlayiya ezimbalwa ezingcolisa umoya), futhi nokuba yinethiwekhi yokuqala yesitimela ukuba ifake izitimela zedizili eziyimbumbulu. Lokho kusho ukuthi: izitimela ezithola ingxenye kagesi ezizisebenzisayo emandleni elanga.
Imizamo yokuqala yaseNdiya yokufaka amapaneli elanga ezitimeleni zayo yaqala eminyakeni engaba ngu-4 eyedlule, ngenkathi inkampani ibambisana ne Isikhungo Sezobuchwepheshe saseNdiya ukuthuthukisa uhlelo lwamandla elanga ukunika amandla ukukhanyisa nomoya opholile ezimotweni zabagibeli. Ukuze unciphise ukusetshenziswa kukadizili.
Kepha ngemuva kokuhlolwa okuningi, kuze kwaba ngoJulayi odlule lapho i-Indian Railways uvule izitimela zokuqala ze-DEMU (idizili kagesi ephindwe kabili), leyo ngumphumela walolo phenyo: izinqola ezifaka ama-solar panel ophahleni. Yize isitimela siqhubeka inikwa amandla ngamaloli enjini kadizili, iqoqo lamapaneli elanga ayi-16 emotweni ngayinye lingena esikhundleni sikhiqizi kadizili okuhloswe ngaso ukusebenzisa izinhlelo zikagesi zezimoto.
La mapaneli ophahla lwezinqola ahlinzeka ngama-watts angama-300 kagesi ku- izibani kwaholela, uhlelo lokungenisa umoya, i-air conditioning kanye nezikrini zolwazi zabagibeli. Uhlelo lwebhethri lunikela ngamahora angama-72 okuzimela, ngamahora lapho isitimela sisebenza khona ngaphandle kwelanga, mhlawumbe ngoba kusebusuku noma ngoba kunenkungu.
Sekukonke, kulinganiselwa ukuthi ukonga uphethiloli kuzoba Amalitha edizili angama-21.000 ngonyaka esitimeleni ngasinye se-hybrid esinezinqola eziyisithupha, okusho ukwehliswa kokukhishwa kwesikhutha (CO2) wamathani ayi-9 enqoleni / ngonyaka ngamunye. Sekukonke kunezinqola ezingaba ngu-50, futhi kuhlelwe ukwengeza amaphaneli elanga kwezinye izinqola ezingama-24 ezinyangeni ezizayo.
Empeleni, kuwumsebenzi onzima impela, ngoba imvamisa amapaneli elanga afakwa ezindaweni ezingaguquki, kungaba umhlaba, uphahla noma kamuva nje ezakhiweni ezingaphezulu kwamanzi, kulokhu-ke zibekwe ngaphezulu kwezimoto ezihamba ngokwesilinganiso ka-80 km / h.
Enye yezinhloso ze-Indian Railways ukonga uphethiloli, kanye nokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwe-CO2 ezinkulungwaneni zezitimela nakwezinye izindlela. Kulokhu, izinqola zifaka phakathi izindlu zangasese ezomile zemvelo, ezingasebenzisi amanzi, ngaphezu kwezinyathelo zokuvuselela amanzi ezindlini zangasese, ukuphathwa kanye imfucuza esebenza kabusha, kanye nokuphothula uhlelo oluhle kakhulu olubandakanya ukutshala izihlahla eziyizigidi ezingama-50 eduze kwamathrekhi ezitimela neziteshi
Ngo-2020, amandla okukhiqiza ugesi we-Indian Railways kulindeleke ukuthi abe yi-1 GW esebenzisa ama-solar panel (5 GW ngo-2025) kanye no-130 MW kusetshenziswa imishini yomoya, ezohlinzeka ngogesi ohlanzekile, ongakhiphi ngqo ezitimeleni naseziteshini. Lokhu kufanele kuholele ku "Ukuhlanganiswa kagesi" wohlelo lwezitimela lwaseNdiya, okuzothi, ngonyaka ka-2025, luzothola amaphesenti angama-25 kagesi walo emithonjeni yamandla avuselelekayo njengoba lushicilelwe nguhulumeni (Decarbonising the Indian Railways).