Major Japan railway now powered only by renewable energy

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A Japanese railway company says its sprawling network of train lines is now powered only by renewable energy.

“I would stress the bigger impacts come from increasing electricity generation from renewable sources,” he said. “The long-term battle is to increase production of renewable electricity and provide the transmission infrastructure to get it to the places of consumption.”

Tokyu paid an undisclosed amount to Tokyo Electric Power Co., the utility behind the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, for certification vouching for its use of renewables, even as Japan continues to use coal and other fossil fuels. That lags way behind New Zealand, for instance, where 84% of power used comes from renewable energy sources. New Zealand hopes to make that 100% by 2035.

 

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I wonder how much is the carbon footprint of manufacturing the panels and the rest of the system needed to power this trains...

It’s sad. Japan was rebuilt from top to bottom and became a innovative country again. 👏🏽

super awesome

Meanwhile in the US

Imagine if America so much as *tried* expanding public services like this

And in US transportation innovation news…🦗🦗🦗

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