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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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[–] copd@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months 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

[–] Daughter3546@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months 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?