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by the developer. The power produced will meet the power requirements of the station. “After the installation of this roof top plant, Delhi Metro will also explore the possibility of installing more such plants at its stations, depots, parking lots as well as residential complexes,” said executive director of corporate communication, Anuj Dayal. In 2011, DMRC was certified by the UN as the first metro rail and rail-based system in the world to earn carbon credits for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Delhi Metro has become the country’s first mass transit system to install solar power plants on the roofs of its stations. The first 500KW roof top solar power plant is under construction at Dwarka Sector 21 metro station and is expected to be functional within six months. A power purchase agreement (PPA) for the plant was signed between Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and the developer, a multinational firm engaged in the installation and production of solar power worldwide, in the presence of DMRC’s managing director, Mangu Singh and other officials. DMRC will pay for the units generated by the plant while the capital investment is provided

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