The Ministry of Railways has announced the closure of the Indian Railways Organisation for Alternative Fuels (IROAF), an enterprise headquartered in New Delhi.
- IROAF was formed exclusively to promote green energy by introducing alternative energy and fuel-efficient and emission-control technologies across the railway network.
- The existing work handled by IROAF — solar power and hydrogen fuel cell projects — was transferred to the Principal Chief Electrical Engineer and Chief Administrative Officer, Northern Railway.
- The IROAF had invited bids just in August for hydrogen fuel cell-based trains to start the concept of hydrogen mobility in the country along the 89-km Sonipat-Jind sector of Northern Railway.
(The Hindu)
