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Indian Railways Celebrating 100 Years of Electrification

February 5, 2025 admin clean power, clean transport, India, indian railways, mass transit / public transit, trains / rail

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 00:55:55 +0000

Indian Railways continues to electrify its network, a process began precisely 100 years ago. In fact, it is nearly at 100% electrification. “As of 1 January 2025, 64,547 route kilometres (rkm) were electrified, which is 97.06% of the total broad gauge network (66,504 rkm, including Konkan Railway),” Wikipedia writes. Swapnil Nila, Central Public … [continued]

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Dear Pete Buttigieg, We Appreciate You & Already Miss You Too Much

February 1, 2025 admin air quality, bipartisan infrastructure law, clean power, clean transport, climate change, department of transportation (dot), green economy, green jobs, high speed rail, investment, Joe Biden, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, motorcycles + scooters, Pete Buttigieg, policy & politics, research, Shipping, trains / rail

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 04:15:14 +0000

Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg, brought tears to my eyes four years ago, and they were tears of joy. CleanTechnica, NRDC, and so many more fans were pleased that yes, “Finally, Infrastructure Week Isn’t a Joke.” Before I begin listing some of the daily natural highs I discovered while reading … [continued]

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Transportation Firm Deathwatch: Hydrogen & EVTOLs

January 31, 2025 admin archer, Aviation, carbon emissions, China, clean shipping, clean transport, climate change, ehang, Electric vehicles, Energy, fuel cell, green economy, heavy rail, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, India, investment, joby, Manufacturing, mass transit, mass transit / public transit, policy & politics, Shipping, trains / rail, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 01:34:06 +0000

For several years there have been a couple of parallel slow motion failures in the making, the use of hydrogen in transportation and the Jetsons’ fantasy of air taxis zipping over cities. Neither were based in economic, regulatory, or technical reality, preferring instead to have vast sums of governmental and … [continued]

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Mt. Washington Cog Railway Goes Electric!

January 23, 2025 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, Manufacturing, trains / rail

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 04:59:29 +0000

“The Second Greatest Show on Earth!” That’s what showman PT Barnum proclaimed in 1869 as he stepped down off the world’s first mountain-climbing railroad and marveled at the view from Mount Washington’s rocky summit. First put into service in 1869, the Mount Washington Cog Railway has offered decades of tourists … [continued]

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Korean Hydrogen Explosions, Leaks, Auction Failure & Impeachment May Cause Pivot

January 18, 2025 admin carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Energy, ferry, green economy, green jobs, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, Hyundai, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit, policy & politics, Shipping, South korea, subsidies, trains / rail

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 04:14:09 +0000

The hydrogen atom is tiny. Getting enough of it in one place requires pressures found at three to seven kilometers under the surface of the ocean. Unsurprisingly, it leaks. As it’s an indirect greenhouse gas and an explosion risk, that’s a big problem. South Korea has been learning exactly what … [continued]

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Three Interesting Ways To Leverage Railways For Solar Power

January 7, 2025 admin batteries, bifacial solar panels, clean power, clean transport, Energy Storage, Japan, perovskite, perovskite solar cells, solar cells, Solar energy, solar panels, sun-ways, trains / rail, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2025 17:55:46 +0000

Innovators are leveraging new technologies to install solar panels on sound barriers and other railroad infrastructure.

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Three Interesting Ways Leverage To Railways For Solar Power

January 6, 2025 admin batteries, bifacial solar panels, clean power, clean transport, Energy Storage, Japan, perovskite, perovskite solar cells, solar cells, Solar energy, solar panels, sun-ways, trains / rail, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2025 17:55:46 +0000

Innovators are leveraging new technologies to install solar panels on sound barriers and other railroad infrastructure.

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Accelerating Electrification: Freight Trucks Will Dominate In The US

December 20, 2024 admin batteries, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, clean trucks, climate change, Coal, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev charging, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, grid, investment, Manufacturing, microgrids, natural gas, Oil, renewable energy, Shipping, Solar energy, trains / rail, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 20:02:33 +0000

Key Takeaways: Transportation is the highest emissions segment in United States Of rail, water, and road, only freight trucking can readily decarbonize Electric trucks are cost-effective and rapidly advancing The United States has unintentionally made itself into the country with the hardest to decarbonize transportation sector, and it matters. Transportation … [continued]

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Finnish GTK Risks Credibility By Publishing Bad Minerals Study In Peer-Reviewed House Journal

December 6, 2024 admin batteries, battery minerals, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, grid, hydroelectric, lithium-ion batteries, natural gas, Oil, policy research, pumped hydro storage, renewable energy, research, SCIENCE, Shipping, Solar energy, trains / rail, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 03:02:17 +0000

A year ago I published an assessment of a quite remarkably bad, non-peer-reviewed paper by one of the Geological Survey of Finland’s (GTK) associate professors, Simon Michaux. The paper’s quite risible conclusions were that there wasn’t nearly enough metal in the ground to be able to electrify everything with renewables. … [continued]

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Hydrogen Trains Continue To Derail

November 28, 2024 admin Canada, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, commuter rail, ev batteries, France, GERMANY, green economy, green jobs, heavy rail, hydrogen, India, investment, Italy, Malaysia, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, policy & politics, South korea, trains / rail, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 03:05:53 +0000

Recently I collaborated with David Cebon, head of the Cambridge Centre for Sustainable Road Freight, and interested parties on a complete list of all of the abandoned hydrogen bus trials globally. There are a couple of dozen of them, and I’m pretty sure there are more transit agencies that have … [continued]

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