Decarbonization of Indian Railways

The authors of this report identify potential pathways to decarbonization of Indian Railways by 2030 and examine their cost-effectiveness and feasibility. For non-traction segment (energy use for the supporting infrastructure), they found that the decarbonization pathway of captive generation at an accelerated rate of decarbonization is even more cost-effective than in the traction segment. For the traction segment (energy use for railroads), they found that all decarbonization pathways are more cost-effective than business-as-usual, and that the most cost-effective pathway is captive generation, at an accelerated rate of decarbonization.