Today’s post continues on this week’s transportation theme. A few days ago we posted an article about electric cars and it got us thinking - what about electric forms of mass transportation? So we started researching, and found some of the most interesting new developments we’ve come across in quite some time.
One project being researched in California (among other places) caught our attention through its innovative use ofULR - Ultra Light Rail photovoltaics - the solar powered ultra light rail. Ultra Light Rail? We’ve heard of trains, subways, monorails, light-rails, trolleys, but what exactly is an “ultra light rail,†and how do they keep it powered using only solar energy?