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posted by CoolHand on Tuesday July 18 2017, @07:04PM   Printer-friendly
from the here-comes-the-sun dept.

India's diesel-powered train network has a new kid on the block. The gas-guzzling Indian Railway system has just debuted its first solar-powered train, called the Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU). It will operate in the city of New Delhi.

Placement of the solar panels on the train car was challenging. Sandeep Gupta, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Jakson Engineers Limited (the company that produced and installed the solar panels) told Business Standard, "It is not an easy task to fit solar panels on the roof of train coaches that run at a speed of 80 km per hour." The panels feed into an onboard battery that can store surplus power.

The train will still be pulled by a diesel locomotive; the solar panels will only power passenger comfort systems, such as lights, information displays and fans. Even so, Indian Railways estimates that just one train with six solar-panel equipped cars will save 21,000 liters (5,547 gallons) of diesel fuel per year, at a cost savings around Rs12 lakh (almost $20,000).

Source: Engadget

[Editors note: per the articles, the train is diesel powered, not solar powered, only the electrics in the cars are solar powered. However, they still hope to save $6B in fuel costs in the coming years]


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 18 2017, @07:21PM (10 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 18 2017, @07:21PM (#541107)

    Not only that but 60,000 Indians hang on top of each car. But forget that.

    The title OTFA: India's First Solar-Powered Train Makes its Debut is crap when the trains are still being pulled by diesel.

  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 18 2017, @07:25PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 18 2017, @07:25PM (#541111)

    Give the street-shitters a break. At least they're not fueling the train with human shit anymore.

  • (Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 18 2017, @07:34PM (8 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 18 2017, @07:34PM (#541115)

    It is sad seeing racism flowering right in front of your eyes. Speaking of elitist types

    • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 18 2017, @07:49PM (6 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 18 2017, @07:49PM (#541124)

      It's not racism when their race really is inferior.

      • (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Tuesday July 18 2017, @08:17PM (4 children)

        by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Tuesday July 18 2017, @08:17PM (#541137) Homepage Journal

        ... that which we hate the most in ourselves.

        --
        Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 18 2017, @10:14PM (3 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 18 2017, @10:14PM (#541196)

          ... that which we hate the most in ourselves.

          --
          we have a ... crazy person (MDC), that regularly posts more coherent and interesting things than do these racist trolls

          I remember when, I remember, I remember when I lost my mind
          There was something so pleasant about that place.
          Even your emotions had an echo
          In so much space

          And when you're out there
          Without care,
          Yeah, I was out of touch
          But it wasn't because I didn't know enough
          I just knew too much

          Does that make me crazy?
          Does that make me crazy?
          Does that make me crazy?
          Possibly [radio version]
          probably [album version]

          And I hope that you are having the time of your life
          But think twice, that's my only advice

          Come on now, who do you, who do you, who do you, who do you think you are,
          Ha ha ha bless your soul
          You really think you're in control

          Well, I think you're crazy
          I think you're crazy
          I think you're crazy
          Just like me

          • (Score: 3, Interesting) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Wednesday July 19 2017, @12:11AM (2 children)

            by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Wednesday July 19 2017, @12:11AM (#541244) Homepage Journal

            the visions I had early on were quite beautiful.

            When the visions didn't turn up in the prints, I bought some books on professional photography and learned to develop and print my own film in the Caltech student darkroom.

            That was 33 years ago, yet the visions still haven't turned up in the prints.

            --
            Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
            • (Score: 1) by vux984 on Wednesday July 19 2017, @11:15PM (1 child)

              by vux984 (5045) on Wednesday July 19 2017, @11:15PM (#541684)

              Heh, Your post about photographing visions reminded me of something.

              I had a (painless) ocular migraine a few weeks ago. Scared the crap out of me at the time as I had no idea what it was. My eye doc diagnosed it, and afterward while trying to explain it to others I looked it up online; where people have created images and videos to try to describe it. But it doesn't quite... there is a visceral quality that can't be captured... in the pictures and the videos you can look at the effect, but when living it... you can't; it sits in your peripheral vision, in sight but perpetually just out of focus, and it slides away if you look at it.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 18 2017, @08:36PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 18 2017, @08:36PM (#541152)

        It's not racism when their race really is inferior.

        Which is why it is completely justified to hate white people, because they are so inferior that they are racists!

    • (Score: 2) by Nuke on Tuesday July 18 2017, @10:00PM

      by Nuke (3162) on Tuesday July 18 2017, @10:00PM (#541193)

      It is not racism to say there are 60,000 Indians on the roof of every car, it's exageration. The real number is more like 30, and not on every train :-

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzgabAhzDYM [youtube.com]

      You get fewer on lines with overhead catenary though :-

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDp5ad-LQ8o [youtube.com]