As part of Telangana's green energy initiative, rooftop solar power plants will soon be installed on 13 Metro Stations and depots in the city
L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited, a public-private partnership project between the Telangana government and L&T Limited has recently signed an agreement with Amp Energy India to set up solar plants with a combined capacity of 4 MW
Earlier, Amp Energy had installed a 7.8 MW solar plant for the L&T metro project to provide solar power to its 24 stations and two depots
The first phase solar plant was fully commissioned on December 26, 2020
With the proposed 4 MW, L&T Metro Rail’s solar plant capacity would reach 11.8 MW
Once the 4 MW solar power plant project is completed, a total of 37 Metro stations would be connected with solar energy
The Hyderabad Metro currently has a total of 66 stations in its three corridors and 3 Interchange Stations