Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 18 May 2023 15:50:01 +0000
A Missouri startup is pushing the envelope on electric trains with a fleet of autonomously operable, battery-electric railcars.
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2023 19:01:31 +0000
Governments shouldn’t be rewarding firms that are actually emitting more CO2e just because they are making hydrogen.
Credit to Author: Saurabh| Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 14:08:25 +0000
India’s largest mass rapid transit system has announced plans to significantly increase power procurement from solar power projects. Delhi Metro has announced that it will increase share of solar power in its total power procurement to 50% by 2031. At present, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) sources 34% of its power from solar power projects. […]
Credit 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 […]
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2023 14:25:48 +0000
Electrification and heat pumps radically reduce the requirement to build new wind, solar, nuclear, hydro, and geothermal primary energy sources.
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2023 17:35:45 +0000
The US will waste a lot of time, money, and energy on bad decarbonizing transportation approaches and end up less competitive as a result.
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 17:37:30 +0000
While the US will waste a lot of time, money and energy getting there and end up less competitive as a result, most US transportation will decarbonize regardless, although often not as the new transportation blueprint supposes.
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2023 19:30:01 +0000
The Association of American Railroads is lobbying hard to radically reduce rail as a freight delivery option in the US. It’s the exact opposite of a rational business strategy.
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2023 15:59:22 +0000
The primary energy fallacy is the assumption that all of the energy in all of the oil, gas and coal we burn today must be replaced. We don’t need to replace it, we need to replace the unwasted energy services.