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Railways Industry & Economy - Power Rlys generates 2 m units of electricity by braking Our Bureau New Delhi, Dec. 7 Indian Railways generated about 2 million units of electricity during October this year by braking the new generation electric locomotives that generate electric power when brakes are applied. On an annual basis, the Railways consumes 13 billion units of electricity, out of which 10.4 billion are for traction use. The Railways needs 2,200 MW capacity for its entire network. According to an official release, the Railways is now employing new generation electric locomotive, which has a regenerative feature to generate electric power during braking by using three phase propulsion technology to convert kinetic energy as electric power during braking. Forty such locomotives are part of the fleet of the Northern Railway and pull the Rajdhani/Shatabdi express and other important Mail/Express trains. The energy generated during braking by these locomotives was about 2 million kilowatt hours during October 2007. This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways, Mr R. Velu, in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha. More Stories on : Railways | Power
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