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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MONTREAL - With roughly 37,000 MW of installed hydro power capacity, Quebec has ample spare capacity that it would like to deliver into Northeastern US markets where ambitious clean energy goals have been announced, but expanding transmission infrastructure is challenging.
Register Now New York recently announced a goal of receiving 100% carbon-free energy by 2040 and the New England states all have ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goals, including a Massachusetts law requiring GHG emissions be 80% below 1990 levels by 2050.
The province-owned company, Hydro Quebec, supplies power to the provinces of Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick, as well as sending electricity…
