CleanTechnica » light rail transportation http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 23:01:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 Siemens Installing America’s First Regenerative Energy Storage Unit http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/05/siemens-installing-americas-first-regenerative-energy-storage-unit/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/05/siemens-installing-americas-first-regenerative-energy-storage-unit/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2013 09:10:44 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=52439 Siemens, a German manufacturer of a wide variety of items (you could consider it Germany’s GE), is installing a regenerative braking energy storage system for the new TriMet Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Transit Line, a first in the US. It is the Sitras Energy Storage unit and is powered by ultracapacitors (sometimes called supercapacitors or EDLCs). Ultracapacitors

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/05/siemens-installing-americas-first-regenerative-energy-storage-unit/feed/ 3 2 Miles of Solar Panels Now Cover High-Speed Rail Tunnel on Amsterdam-Paris Line {VIDEO} http://cleantechnica.com/2011/06/06/2-miles-of-solar-panels-now-cover-high-speed-rail-tunnel-on-amsterdam-paris-line-video/ http://cleantechnica.com/2011/06/06/2-miles-of-solar-panels-now-cover-high-speed-rail-tunnel-on-amsterdam-paris-line-video/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:30:53 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=27972 A tunnel in Belgium built to protect high-speed trains from falling trees is now covered in 16,000 solar panels (yes, you may remember Tina covering this project a bit as it got underway last October)

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2011/06/06/2-miles-of-solar-panels-now-cover-high-speed-rail-tunnel-on-amsterdam-paris-line-video/feed/ 17 Energy Use of Different Modes of Transport {Infographic} http://cleantechnica.com/2011/05/31/energy-use-of-different-modes-of-transport-infographic/ http://cleantechnica.com/2011/05/31/energy-use-of-different-modes-of-transport-infographic/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 10:32:54 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=27775 Transportation is a leading cause of greenhouse gas emissions. Of course, automobiles and planes and our dependency on them are large reasons for that, especially here in the U.S. where transportation accounts for an even larger piece of our emissions pie compared to other countries. Learn more about the energy use or energy efficiency of various modes of transport in the info graphic and article below, republished from our sister site, Planetsave

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2011/05/31/energy-use-of-different-modes-of-transport-infographic/feed/ 4 Light Rail for Dummies {INFOGRAPHIC} http://cleantechnica.com/2011/05/30/light-rail-for-dummies-infographic/ http://cleantechnica.com/2011/05/30/light-rail-for-dummies-infographic/#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 11:00:06 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=27690 Light rail is a great clean transit solution that could help many cities improve their quality of life. It is growing in popularity across the U.S., but is still probably unknown and unseen by many. And I'm sure there are millions upon millions of people who would be hard-pressed to come up with an answer as to how light rail transportation (LRT) is different from commuter rail or streetcars/trams

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