DMRC becomes world's first rail project on UN's green list

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NEW DELHI, Jan 6 (PTI): Riding high on its achievements, the Delhi Metro has added another feather in its cap when it became the first railway project in the world to be registered by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
This feat would help financially by earning carbon credits, which is measured in terms of reduction of carbon dioxide by adequate measures.
"This is the first time in the world that the UNFCCC has registered a project based on regenerating braking technology (RBT)," DMRC Chief Public Relation Officer Anuj Dayal said.
The registration under the UNFCCC's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) will enable Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to claim carbon credits, Dayal said, adding DMRC will earn millions of rupees annually by converting energy into financial terms.
Under the RBT system, whenever a train applies brake, the 30 per cent of the energy released by it is conserved and is used by the train coming behind.