MP Singh, Director (Operations) at RVNL
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Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) proposes to tap business opportunities which Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) offer as it expands its canvas in India’s renewable energy space.
MP Singh, Director (Operations) at RVNL, told businessline, “these are exciting times as the trend worldwide is towards sustainable energy sources. We are also exploring various opportunities and evaluating SMR technologies, how it can be gainfully utilised.”
“Expanding into SMR will also mean infrastructure creation — it requires operation and maintenance also. We will go for the special purpose vehicle (SPV) route like we have for Bharatnet, Vande Bharat and Port connectivity projects,” Singh explained.
Asked if the Public Sector Enterprise will look for a foreign partner for the SPV, he said, “Yes, why not. We are evaluating the technology and how it can even be best utilised for some of our captive projects. Small modular reactors can be used for dedicated power for that project.” Besides, RVNL is already exploring solar with battery storage or solar with the pumped storage and hybrid of solar plus wind, he added.
India is actively developing and deploying SMRs as part of its energy transition strategy with vigour. SMRs, with power generation capacities up to 300 MWe offer a flexible, scalable, and cost-effective alternative to conventional large nuclear reactors. The country aims to develop and deploy indigenous SMR designs, leveraging its existing expertise in Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs).
It may be recalled that the Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting the Budget 2025-2026 had said that a Nuclear Energy Mission for research & development of SMRs with an outlay of ₹20,000 crore will be set up. At least five indigenously developed SMRs is expected to be operationalised by 2033.
When asked if there was any official diktat on the public sector entity under the Railway Ministry to expand its canvas, he said “There is no diktat… It is our own decision to enter into the energy sector because being in infrastructure sector and diversifying into energy is the natural course.”
“RVNL is already in some of the related sectors such as transmission lines, solar projects and revamped distribution sector scheme (RDSS). We will continue to focus on legacy railway projects also. Energy sector is a natural diversification,” he said, adding, “We have got some solar projects in Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia. Projects and Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme in India in three States.”
RDSS projects work towards reducing the transmission and distribution losses and making energy available at the doorsteps and with the greater reliability.
Published on May 18, 2025
MP Singh, Director (Operations) at RVNL
| Photo Credit:
Sourced from the company
Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) proposes to tap business opportunities which Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) offer as it expands its canvas in India’s renewable energy space.
MP Singh, Director (Operations) at RVNL, told businessline, “these are exciting times as the trend worldwide is towards sustainable energy sources. We are also exploring various opportunities and evaluating SMR technologies, how it can be gainfully utilised.”
“Expanding into SMR will also mean infrastructure creation — it requires operation and maintenance also. We will go for the special purpose vehicle (SPV) route like we have for Bharatnet, Vande Bharat and Port connectivity projects,” Singh explained.
Asked if the Public Sector Enterprise will look for a foreign partner for the SPV, he said, “Yes, why not. We are evaluating the technology and how it can even be best utilised for some of our captive projects. Small modular reactors can be used for dedicated power for that project.” Besides, RVNL is already exploring solar with battery storage or solar with the pumped storage and hybrid of solar plus wind, he added.
India is actively developing and deploying SMRs as part of its energy transition strategy with vigour. SMRs, with power generation capacities up to 300 MWe offer a flexible, scalable, and cost-effective alternative to conventional large nuclear reactors. The country aims to develop and deploy indigenous SMR designs, leveraging its existing expertise in Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs).
It may be recalled that the Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting the Budget 2025-2026 had said that a Nuclear Energy Mission for research & development of SMRs with an outlay of ₹20,000 crore will be set up. At least five indigenously developed SMRs is expected to be operationalised by 2033.
When asked if there was any official diktat on the public sector entity under the Railway Ministry to expand its canvas, he said “There is no diktat… It is our own decision to enter into the energy sector because being in infrastructure sector and diversifying into energy is the natural course.”
“RVNL is already in some of the related sectors such as transmission lines, solar projects and revamped distribution sector scheme (RDSS). We will continue to focus on legacy railway projects also. Energy sector is a natural diversification,” he said, adding, “We have got some solar projects in Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia. Projects and Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme in India in three States.”
RDSS projects work towards reducing the transmission and distribution losses and making energy available at the doorsteps and with the greater reliability.
Published on May 18, 2025
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