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Caltrain announced that regenerative braking on the new trains is generating and sending back to the electric grid approximately 23% of the energy consumed by the system (www.caltrain.com)

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm amazed that they only learn about this now. Using regenerative braking on trains was something we got taught about in school, and that's nearly 40 years ago.

[–] BigDiction@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Until fall 2024 Caltrain ran on diesel engines. It just electrified so I don’t think returning energy was feasible for the line until just recently.

[–] ericjmorey@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

How would they learn that the newly installed system is more efficient than predicted before now?