Using subways as an energy source
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority is piloting the system that converts kinetic energy into electricity as the train slows down. A battery installed at a substation will store electricity to help power the subways.
Experts said the system could generate extra power that could be sold back to the regional power grid, according to MIT Technology Review.
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OPEC’s No. 2 oil producer – already suffering from power shortages and insufficient investment in aging plants – needs to meet an expected 50% jump in demand by the end of the decade. Building atomic plants could help to close the supply gap, though the country will face significant financial and geopolitical challenges in bringing its plan to fruition.
Iraq seeks to build eight reactors capable of producing about 11 gigawatts, said Kamal Hussain Latif,…
