Climate Change: Corporate Outlook
For years, forward-thinking policymakers and businesses have targeted deep sectoral emissions cuts. What seems to have changed in the last year is the sense of urgency that comes with discussion…
Riding Sunbeams – Powering The Railways With Solar PV
Wednesday 27th November 2019
12:10 - 12:50
Theatre : Built Environment, Technology and Innovation Case Studies Public Sector T3D1 Presentations
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Riding Sunbeams is a social enterprise set up by 1010 Climate Change Group and Community Energy South to work with Network Rail to investigate the pathway for the railways to support decarbonisation by being powered directly by renewable energy.
Since 2017 the Riding Sunbeams team have been working with Network Rail teams to investigate the technical, commercial and social drivers to facilitate this vital move for the UK’s largest energy user.
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