Under the PM Surya Ghar Yojana, launched earlier this year, Lucknow has emerged as the frontrunner by installing the highest number of rooftop solar panels in Uttar Pradesh in just seven months.
The solar plant is expected to generate 13,140 units per year, resulting in 100 per cent power consumption through the solar plant.
The alternative to siliconbased PV cells, which is the speciality of China, has since been developed in the shape of Perovskite solar cells which have also been tried and tested. According to the work done at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru, the efficiency of Perovskite cells, which was about 3 per cent in 2006, has shown a marked improvement and has now been determined to be about 22 per cent, which makes it quite viable.
The Railways are also monitoring the performance of loco pilots based on fuel consumption vis-a-vis trip ration.
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