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A two-carriage train with lightweight, flexible, 6.5kW solar panels and 77kWh batteries will be travelling 3 kilometres on a disused railway track by the end of this year. It will transport clients to and from the Byron Bay town centre and the Elements of Byron resort in NSW, Australia. The main station also houses 30kW of solar which charges the train’s battery during stops and exports excess power to the grid. The solar panels on the train will also charge the battery. The solar/battery option was decided upon after community consultation indicated that there was resistance to the idea of a diesel train.
For more information see the full article from RenewEconomy, By Giles Parkinson, 27 Oct 2017.Postscript: Byron Bay's world-first solar train gets ready to trundle. RenewEconomy, December 15, 2017.
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