Category: Sustainability
Why did renewables become so cheap so fast? Wright’s Law (OurWorldInData)
For the world to transition to low-carbon electricity, energy from these sources needs to be cheaper than electricity from fossil fuels. Fossil fuels dominate the global power supply because until very recently electricity from fossil …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 23 November 2020
• Preston’s iconic bus station brought to life in illustration (TransportDesigned) • Managing railway earthworks in a changing climate (GarethDennis) • Study reveals the world’s most walkable cities (Guardian) • Europe is finally slowing down… …
Continue readingHS1 UK’s first fully renewable energy powered railway (RailBusinessD)
As the high-speed railway linking London, Kent and the Channel Tunnel, HS1 has revealed it is on track to becoming the first UK railway to run entirely on renewable energy. Wind and solar power lie …
Continue readingVivarail zero emission Pop Up Metro for UK & US (ModernRailways)
Vivarail Chairman Adrian Shooter talks to Modern Railways about the company’s Class 230s and its UK, and US, plans for battery trains. Watch the VivaRail video And this article lists Adrian Shooter’s video points, provides …
Continue readingClean electricity will save MBTA $3M a year (StreetsBlog)
The MBTA is negotiating a new multi-year electricity contract that will power the agency’s trains, trolleybuses, stations, and other facilities exclusively on renewable power – and is furthermore expected to save the agency $3 million …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 18 September 2020
• Franchising is Dead – Long Live Concessions! (Railway-News) • Outer London road congestion now worse than pre-lockdown (Guardian) • Network Rail acquires Brunel’s Bristol Old Station (RailUK) • France considers massive airline eco-tax (OneMileAtATime) …
Continue readingPortland competition to repurpose old light rail vehicles (ProgRail)
The competition grew out of an idea to find a way to repurpose 26 Type 1 light-rail vehicles and keep them from becoming scrap. Portland State University’s Center for Public Interest Design tomorrow will select the …
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