Western railway has positioned itself as forerunners in the field of energy conservation and use of green energy on Indian Railways. Various eco-friendly and energy efficient initiatives are being undertaken on massive scale over WR non-conventional energy is being promoted for a better and cleaner environment and also as an initiative towards conservation of energy with solar panels, windmills, water recycling plant etc. being installed in railway premises wherever possible. Recently, Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Railways inaugurated 100 kwp Solar Power System at Churchgate station at a cost of Rs75 lakh as a Green Energy initiative. This solar plant is expected to generate 1.4 lakhs units of electrical energy per annum which will save approx Rs14 lakh p.a. towards energy bills. 278.44 kwp capacity solar plants have been installed on rooftops of station building/services building gates during 2016-17 over WR, thus bringing the total upto 461 kwp capacity. During the year, 8.57 million units (8.69 per cent) has been reduced over last year’s consumption despite approx 2 per cent increase in connected load. WR is providing lED lights wherever possible. Signalling lamps are being replaced by lED signals. lED lights are provided at railway stations and in EMU rakes. A total of 20471 lED fittings have been provided on WR in place of conventional fittings during 2016-17.