If the entire rail network was electrified, and the lines were over-engineered to carry far more juice than a fully utilized and extended rail network could use, it could be a backup channel for the national electricity grid. Renewable generation could be added at small to medium scale, anywhere along the rail corridors, and either used by electric trains, or fed back into the general electricity supply.

#electricity #ElectricTrains #NationalGrid #RenewableEnergy

... and in #GoodNews;

"First Electric Train Rolls Into Pukekohe"

https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU2502/S00002/first-electric-train-rolls-into-pukekohe.htm

#PublicTransport #trains #ElectricTrains #Auckland #Pukekohe

Another article that confuses me. Why are subways not using regenerative braking already? This is a tech from the 20s (the previous ones). Why do they need to feed the power to EV charging stations, and not just power trains.

#electrictrains #subway #greentransition

https://grist.org/transportation/barcelona-is-turning-subway-trains-into-power-stations/

Ingenious pv innovators hide solar panels in plain sight

#solar #solarpower #solarinnovators #solarenergy #solarpanels #pv #renewabelenergy #switzerland #railroad #railways #electrictrains #solarprojects #trains #decarbonization #energytransition #energy #electricity #electrification

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/08/invisible-solar-panels-hide-in-railroad-tracks-to-thwart-critics/

Ingenious pv innovators hide solar panels in plain sight

#solar #solarpower #solarinnovators #solarenergy #solarpanels #pv #renewabelenergy #switzerland #railroad #railways #electrictrains #solarprojects #trains #decarbonization #energytransition #energy #electricity #electrification

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/08/invisible-solar-panels-hide-in-railroad-tracks-to-thwart-critics/

Electric trains to squeeze diesel fuel out of the railway freight industry

#electrictrains #trains #railways #railroads #locomotives #us #unitedstates #startups #transportation #freight #freghttrains #electrification #mining #innovation #shipping #decarbonization #zeroemission

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/04/autonomous-electric-trains-really-are-coming-for-your-diesel/

Electric trains to squeeze diesel fuel out of the railway freight industry

#electrictrains #trains #railways #railroads #locomotives #us #unitedstates #startups #transportation #freight #freghttrains #electrification #mining #innovation #shipping #decarbonization #zeroemission

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/04/autonomous-electric-trains-really-are-coming-for-your-diesel/

Hydrogen fuel cell electric trains down, not out

#trains #electrictrains #railways #railroads #transportation #fuelcells #hydrogenfuelcells #greenhydrogen #renewableenergy #energy #innovation #india #germany #usa #unitedstates #hydrogen #decarbonization

https://cleantechnica.com/2023/12/15/diesel-killing-hydrogen-fuel-cell-electric-trains-german-india-usa/