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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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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm surprised it's as little as that. My understanding of trains is that the rolling resistance is very low and that all the energy is really for accelerating from standstill. That would be recovered during braking (mostly).

[–] copd 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Cabin climate and lighting, especially in warmer contries must be a good 10-20% of energy usage. But yeah a lot of energy is wasted into heat, the London underground is a perfect case study on it

[–] RubberDuck 2 points 3 days ago

https://youtu.be/Y8RfeAmLfn8?si=TtPisNI8ZMjoPBMZ

[–] Daughter3546 1 points 3 days ago

I am now genuinely curious about the challenges of insulating things underground. Do you know a good article or a study that I can read?