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| Dutch Electric Trains Looking to Run on Energy Produced Wind 16/09/2015 at 09:48 #75942 | |
BarryM
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Interesting concept. Item courtesy of Industrytap.com. Click Here Barry Barry, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Last edited: 16/09/2015 at 09:59 by BarryM Reason: Heading too long? Log in to reply |
| Dutch Electric Trains Looking to Run on Energy Produced Wind 16/09/2015 at 10:11 #75943 | |
postal
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" said:Interesting concept. Item courtesy of Industrytap.com.So no wind = no trains then. As you note, interesting public transport concept. “In life, there is always someone out there, who won’t like you, for whatever reason, don’t let the insecurities in their lives affect yours.” – Rashida Rowe Log in to reply |
| Dutch Electric Trains Looking to Run on Energy Produced Wind 16/09/2015 at 11:07 #75946 | |
Danny252
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Assuming they're not planning to disconnect every substation from the national grid and instead hook them up directly to a wind farm, does this mean anything at all? To me, it looks like they're simply choosing a renewable energy supplier to pay their bills to, and claiming that this means that all their electricity comes from wind farms - I can choose whatever supplier I want, but that won't change the source of the power that comes down my wires...
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| Dutch Electric Trains Looking to Run on Energy Produced Wind 16/09/2015 at 11:33 #75947 | |
Steamer
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" said:Assuming they're not planning to disconnect every substation from the national grid and instead hook them up directly to a wind farm, does this mean anything at all? To me, it looks like they're simply choosing a renewable energy supplier to pay their bills to, and claiming that this means that all their electricity comes from wind farms - I can choose whatever supplier I want, but that won't change the source of the power that comes down my wires...If they're paying for the generating output of a renewable source instead of a fossil fuel source, then I'd argue it does make a difference- the overall amount of energy being fed into the grid from renewables increases, and the amount from fossil decreases, by whatever small amount. Where the actual electrons come from doesn't really matter, provided net contributions change. "Don't stress/ relax/ let life roll off your backs./ Except for death and paying taxes/ everything in life.../ is only for now." (Avenue Q) Log in to reply |
| Dutch Electric Trains Looking to Run on Energy Produced Wind 16/09/2015 at 12:41 #75955 | |
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Danny252
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True, it's better than simply relying on someone else to fund the expansion of renewable energy!
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| Dutch Electric Trains Looking to Run on Energy Produced Wind 16/09/2015 at 13:34 #75956 | |
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RainbowNines
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Interesting story. Further boosts the green credentials of the railway vs road. I imagine it might see some short term gains of traffic if the environment factors in to some company's decisions on whether to send their goods by road or rail. (I'm not an expert on this - but the prominence of the environment in larger companies' corporate aims suggests it might make a difference) Log in to reply |
| Dutch Electric Trains Looking to Run on Energy Produced Wind 16/09/2015 at 15:56 #75959 | |
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Southernrover
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Lets look forward to reports of the wrong sort of wind!! 
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| Dutch Electric Trains Looking to Run on Energy Produced Wind 16/09/2015 at 21:24 #75968 | |
Splodge
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FWIW, Metrolink has had a 100% renewable supply for quite some time. Again, it doesn't change where the power actually comes from but the funding is heading in the right direction.
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