Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2024 16:25:20 +0000
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.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 16:39:26 +0000
In 2010, I was consulting to Canadian National Railroad, at the time with the legendary Hunter Harrison as CEO. It was one of many times my decarbonization proposals bounced off of organizations, something that’s been inordinately useful in helping me understand how hardcore businesses view the space. At the time, … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 17:35:09 +0000
A new type of autonomous electric train is on track to electrify the US freight rail network and push diesel trucks off the highways, too
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 19:25:50 +0000
When it comes to energy efficient transportation in America, no transportation option is better than the railroads. They have been the freight transportation backbone of America for nearly 200 years, which is why all the recent news about train derailments and union strikes deserves our attention. While more profitable then they have ever been for […]