Swiss Experiment Will Place Solar Panels Between Train Tracks
Solar panels between the rails of train tracks is a new idea being tested in Switzerland by start-up Sun-Ways.
Trains / Rail
An electric vehicle makeover for the US locomotive fleet has been slow in coming, but signs of activity are beginning to bubble up and the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is here to help.
The World’s Largest Electric Vehicle Is Ready For Its Closeup
An electric vehicle makeover for the US locomotive fleet has been slow in coming, but signs of activity are beginning to bubble up and the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is here to help.
Which Form of Transit Has the Smallest Carbon Footprint?
One of my life’s ongoing inner ruminations is considering options for transportation. (The welcome influence of CleanTechnica.) If walking is a timely option, I prefer to do it. For the simple reason that I always—I mean always—feel better after going for a walk. Walking restores vitality that is lost after … [continued]
The Swiss startup Sun-Ways is piloting an ingenious new system for hiding large arrays of solar panels in plain sight, in between the ties of railroad tracks. Image courtesy of Sun-Ways.
Invisible Solar Panels Hide In Railroad Tracks To Thwart Critics
The Swiss startup Sun-Ways is piloting an ingenious new system for hiding large arrays of solar panels in plain sight, in between the ties of railroad tracks.
Slide from ISGF India utility professional seminar on hydrogen for energy by Michael Barnard, Chief Strategist, TFIE Strategy
Hydrogen for Energy Serves Fossil Fuel Interests, Not Climate Change or Economy
The long-running seminar series for India’s utility professionals through the India Smart Grid Forum closed with hydrogen. The hype glitter is starting to tarnish, but there is still a lot of substance-less shiny noise around the molecule. To that end, I stepped through the challenges and why hydrogen is virtually … [continued]
ChatGPT generated panoramic image of China on the globe, with wind turbines, solar panels and electric vehicles covered in circuitry
China Likely To Have Lower GHG Emissions Than USA By 2035
China’s electrification, renewables, and infrastructure trajectories mean coal demand is going to plummet, and emissions with it. The USA? Not so much.
Barcelona Is Using Regenerative Braking To Power Subways & EV Chargers
The subway system in Barcelona is using regenerative braking technology to help power its trains, stations, and EV chargers.
HONGQI & The Paris Motor Show, 40 More Hyper-Fast Chargers, Good News for High-Speed Rail…
Electrify Canada has added more than 40 individual Hyper-Fast chargers in Québec and Nova Scotia. The all-new Macan Electric is now part of the charging agreement between Electrify America and Porsche Cars North America, which has been extended. Owners of the Macan Electric will receive complimentary 30-minute charging sessions for … [continued]
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joins Canadian Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, and IBEW Member Bill Baisden to announce the first Binational Electric Vehicle (EV) Corridor. Photo retrieved from U.S. DOT.
60,000 Projects & Counting — Bipartisan Infrastructure Law from Biden–Harris “Investing in America” Agenda
Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation is celebrating the historic progress of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and its impact on communities across America with a new fact sheet. To date across the Biden–Harris Administration, more than 60,000 projects are moving forward thanks to funding from the infrastructure law — … [continued]
ChatGPT generated panoramic image of a hydrogen tram, off the tracks, sitting rusting in a field with some garbage and weeds
Foshan’s Hydrogen Transportation Market Strategy Derailed By Battery Dominance
At the beginning of the year, I highlighted a few epicenters of hydrogen folly, cities or states that decided at some point in the past that hydrogen was the molecule they were going to double down on. Today, news arose of the inevitable failure of one of the signature hydrogen … [continued]
