Barcelona Metro's new MetroCharge project captures energy from braking trains to power stations and even charge electric vehicles on the surface.
Barcelona has put together a package of clean energy technologies to help public transportation go greener, while also doing its part to reduce carbon emissions. Sixteen stations of Barcelona’s subway system are part of its new MetroCharge project, whereby the energy from the underground trains' brakes is used to power the trains and the stations themselves. The remainder is sent snaking through cables to the surface to power plug-in stations for privately owned vehicles.
Bernardo Espinoza, a 49-year-old engineer, commutes daily by subway. He also owns a hybrid car and had just found out that he had a new place to plug in. “I am pleasantly surprised, because I have an electric car and am always looking for where to plug it in,” Espinoza said before catching the subway in a working-class area of southern Barcelona. “And if it is from energy from the metro’s brakes, then even better.” Regenerative brakes have been in trains for decades and are also used in some cars
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