Mashashola
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That mkapa stadium is in the middle of a slum
Nairobi Commuter Rail Phase 1 Progress
Nairobi Commuter Rail Phase 1 Progress
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NairobiWalker
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Those are actually just two football stadiums. Nothing more.
Mashashola
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It looks very dis-organised and older than Kasarani
NairobiWalker
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You can't believe it's 20 years younger than Kasarani.
Tony254
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Right now nobody can tell. All we know is that they are going to be electric. Everything is on the table. Even that technology you are calling old is a possibility. We will know soon.
Geza Ulole
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I will be disappointed if they go for overhead power transmission they should go for buses with electrical storage batteries! There is even an option with Some EV Lithium ion batteries that can even be rechargable with solar panels mounted on the roof! Lets hope this time ur Nairobi Metropolitan and ministry of Transport do right as i 'll the first to discredit anything of old technology!
FlixBus places solar panels on buses. On board equipments are green-powered
Home/Coach, News/FlixBus places solar panels on buses. On board equipments are green-poweredSolar panels on buses. FlixBus is launching a new project with the Dutch partner Kupers Touringcars. The solar panels installed on the bus are used to keep the battery charged: all on board equipment is then powered by solar energy. The novelty has allowed a reduction of 7 per cent in diesel consumption. The bus equipped with solar panels currently runs twice a week from Dortmund to London.
FlixBus is moving towards the goal of being carbon-neutral by 2030. In 2018, the German group launched pilot projects with the world’s first electric long-distance buses in France and Germany (although the German pilot fell into a few technical problems), and last year ran a test drive in the USA with brand new MCI electric coach. FlixBus is also working together with Freudenberg Sealing Technologies to prepare the future introduction of hydrogen coaches in its long distance bus network.
Solar panels on FlixBus buses. 1.7 l of diesel saved per 100 km
FlixBus has installed solar panels on its green bus that runs from Dortmund, via Eindhoven, Antwerp, Bruges and Calais to London. The solar mats installed on the roof of the FlixBus, ultra-thin and lightweight, can communicate with the alternator in the bus through a charge controller placed in the FlixBus.The new technology charges the bus battery mainly by solar energy, relieving the alternator of the need to charge it using fuel, FlixBus points out. During the trial period, the group states, an average of 1.7 litres of diesel was saved per 100 km. With an average distance of 600 kilometres per day, this is a daily fuel saving of around 10 litres. The solar panels are expected to produce more energy during the summer.
Buses with solar panels: on board equipments are green-powered
The battery, in turn, supplies the power consumption of all the electronics on board. As usual with FlixBuses, the bus with solar panels is also equipped with USB ports, sockets, air conditioning, wi-fi and a media entertainment system. With the new technology, all on board equipment is now powered by solar energy. In this way, FlixBus travellers can charge their mobile devices with renewable energy.
Specially developed solar panels for FlixBus buses
For this pilot project, FlixBus is working with TRAILAR, a British company that offers innovative transport solutions to reduce the environmental impact of commercial vehicles. The flexible solar mats have been specially developed for use in the transport sector and are already being used for trucks and delivery services. FlixBus is the first to apply this technology to an international long-distance bus.The technology is designed in such a way that the data, and therefore the yield, can be monitored. Circumstances can be optimised, ultimately reducing CO2 emissions as much as possible. Factors such as like the route of the bus and the season influence the performance of the technology. The bus currently runs twice a week from Dortmund to London. From April, the bus will drive even more frequently and even daily during the holiday periods.
Kupers Touringars involved in the project
FlixBus further cooperates with local bus partners who operate the trips. One of these partners is Kupers Touringscars, from Limburg. The solar panels are installed on one of their buses that runs daily from Dortmund, via Eindhoven, Antwerp and Bruges to London. Director Kupers Touringcars, Bert Fonteijn says: “We are very proud that our double-decker is participating in this international pilot project to further reduce the environmental impact of long-distance bus journeys. We are pleased to be able to offer our travellers a tech-forward way of travelling”.“We strive to travel as climate-neutrally as possible and make climate-friendly travel accessible to as many people as possible,” says Jesper Vis, managing director of FlixBus Benelux. “This pilot project with solar panels is just one in a series of initiatives and climate-friendly projects for our travellers. Based on the initial results, we will evaluate the extent to which we amplify this pilot to more buses or even all buses in the network”.
February 7th, 2020
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Solar panels on buses. FlixBus is launching a new project with the Dutch partner Kupers Touringcars. The solar panels installed on the bus are used to keep
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See this A bus with EVB that can store power that can go 100km before a recharge!
See what Volvo buses have charging points at bus stops where even a power empty battery can be exchanged with rechargable battery!
store solar energy in apartment block
Home/Parts/Volvo electric bus batteries used to store solar energy in apartment blockVolvo Buses has officially started a test regarding the second life of electric bus batteries. Sustainable Bus already reported about the preparations HERE. Today, 5th December, the company announced the official inauguration of what is probably Europe’s first ever energy warehouse using electric bus batteries.
In Gothenburg, in fact, batteries from electric bus route 55 are getting a second life for solar energy storage. It is part of a research project where Volvo Buses, Göteborg Energi, Riksbyggen and Johanneberg Science Park are working together to examine electricity storage in apartment blocks that have their own electricity production via solar panels.
The project is starting…
Volvo Buses is taking part in a research project whereby used electric bus batteries get a second lease of life as solar energy storage units. The research is taking place in Riksbyggen’s Viva housing cooperative in Gothenburg, an apartment complex that aims to be Sweden’s most innovative and sustainable housing project – Positive Footprint Housing. Tenants are just starting to move into their new apartments.The research on energy storage in used bus batteries is done with support from the EU project IRIS Smart Cities. IRIS is a Light House project, financed by EU HORIZON 2020.
Electric bus batteries to store electricity
In Viva housing cooperative, Riksbyggen, Volvo, Göteborg Energi and Johanneberg Science Park have created a unique system whereby energy from solar panels on the roofs of the apartment buildings is stored in batteries that previously powered electric buses on route 55.The energy warehouse is used to cut the property’s power consumption peaks, and to store or sell surplus solar energy. It can also be used to buy and store electricity from the national grid when it is cheap and green, for later use. This improves the efficiency of housing association Viva’s own energy system as well as that of the city’s power grid.
The battery warehouse consists of 14 used lithium-ion electric bus batteries. They are installed in a battery chamber and linked together to create a 200 kWh storage pack. This energy warehouse allows a larger proportion of Viva’s solar-generated electricity to be used for the housing association’s power needs.
Do electric bus batteries have good 2nd life potential?
“We know that electric bus batteries have good potential for other applications such as energy storage after the end of their life in public transport. What we are examining here is exactly how good that potential is.Use of the batteries in an energy warehouse gives them an extended service life which in turn means better resource utilisation and less environmental impact. Here at Volvo we are examining various possibilities for the reuse of bus batteries for energy storage, and Viva is one such example,” says Ylva Olofsson, Project Coordinator at Volvo.
Electric buses for power storage?
The reuse and recycling of batteries is a key issue as increasing numbers of cities plan transition to electrically powered transport. Anyway, also the use of electric bus batteries for storing energy when the bus is not in operation may lead to interesting developments.This solution is being tested in the US, in NY State, where five electric school buses by Lion Electric will be used as power storage over summer break: the energy utility Consolidated Edison contributed to the purchase of the buses in order to use them, in summer, for transfer power back to the grid during peak hours, when the energy demand is higher, like in the afternoons after people return from work and turn on air conditioning units.
December 5th, 2018
Geza Ulole
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Make use of the chinese r well advanced in EVs technology
Tony254
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I will be disappointed if they go for overhead power transmission they should go for buses with electrical storage batteries! There is even an option with Some EV Lithium ion batteries that can even be rechargable with solar panels mounted on the roof! Lets hope this time ur Nairobi Metropolitan and ministry of Transport do right as i 'll the first to discredit anything of old technology!
FlixBus places solar panels on buses. On board equipments are green-powered
Home/Coach, News/FlixBus places solar panels on buses. On board equipments are green-powered
Solar panels on buses. FlixBus is launching a new project with the Dutch partner Kupers Touringcars. The solar panels installed on the bus are used to keep the battery charged: all on board equipment is then powered by solar energy. The novelty has allowed a reduction of 7 per cent in diesel consumption. The bus equipped with solar panels currently runs twice a week from Dortmund to London.
FlixBus is moving towards the goal of being carbon-neutral by 2030. In 2018, the German group launched pilot projects with the world’s first electric long-distance buses in France and Germany (although the German pilot fell into a few technical problems), and last year ran a test drive in the USA with brand new MCI electric coach. FlixBus is also working together with Freudenberg Sealing Technologies to prepare the future introduction of hydrogen coaches in its long distance bus network.
Solar panels on FlixBus buses. 1.7 l of diesel saved per 100 km
FlixBus has installed solar panels on its green bus that runs from Dortmund, via Eindhoven, Antwerp, Bruges and Calais to London. The solar mats installed on the roof of the FlixBus, ultra-thin and lightweight, can communicate with the alternator in the bus through a charge controller placed in the FlixBus.
The new technology charges the bus battery mainly by solar energy, relieving the alternator of the need to charge it using fuel, FlixBus points out. During the trial period, the group states, an average of 1.7 litres of diesel was saved per 100 km. With an average distance of 600 kilometres per day, this is a daily fuel saving of around 10 litres. The solar panels are expected to produce more energy during the summer.
Buses with solar panels: on board equipments are green-powered
The battery, in turn, supplies the power consumption of all the electronics on board. As usual with FlixBuses, the bus with solar panels is also equipped with USB ports, sockets, air conditioning, wi-fi and a media entertainment system. With the new technology, all on board equipment is now powered by solar energy. In this way, FlixBus travellers can charge their mobile devices with renewable energy.
Specially developed solar panels for FlixBus buses
For this pilot project, FlixBus is working with TRAILAR, a British company that offers innovative transport solutions to reduce the environmental impact of commercial vehicles. The flexible solar mats have been specially developed for use in the transport sector and are already being used for trucks and delivery services. FlixBus is the first to apply this technology to an international long-distance bus.
The technology is designed in such a way that the data, and therefore the yield, can be monitored. Circumstances can be optimised, ultimately reducing CO2 emissions as much as possible. Factors such as like the route of the bus and the season influence the performance of the technology. The bus currently runs twice a week from Dortmund to London. From April, the bus will drive even more frequently and even daily during the holiday periods.
Kupers Touringars involved in the project
FlixBus further cooperates with local bus partners who operate the trips. One of these partners is Kupers Touringscars, from Limburg. The solar panels are installed on one of their buses that runs daily from Dortmund, via Eindhoven, Antwerp and Bruges to London. Director Kupers Touringcars, Bert Fonteijn says: “We are very proud that our double-decker is participating in this international pilot project to further reduce the environmental impact of long-distance bus journeys. We are pleased to be able to offer our travellers a tech-forward way of travelling”.
“We strive to travel as climate-neutrally as possible and make climate-friendly travel accessible to as many people as possible,” says Jesper Vis, managing director of FlixBus Benelux. “This pilot project with solar panels is just one in a series of initiatives and climate-friendly projects for our travellers. Based on the initial results, we will evaluate the extent to which we amplify this pilot to more buses or even all buses in the network”.
February 7th, 2020
FlixBus places solar panels on buses. On board equipments are green-powered - Sustainable Bus
Solar panels on buses. FlixBus is launching a new project with the Dutch partner Kupers Touringcars. The solar panels installed on the bus are used to keep
See this A bus with EVB that can store power that can go 100km before a recharge!
See what Volvo buses have charging points at bus stops where even a power empty battery can be exchanged with rechargable battery!
store solar energy in apartment block
Home/Parts/Volvo electric bus batteries used to store solar energy in apartment block
Volvo Buses has officially started a test regarding the second life of electric bus batteries. Sustainable Bus already reported about the preparations HERE. Today, 5th December, the company announced the official inauguration of what is probably Europe’s first ever energy warehouse using electric bus batteries.
In Gothenburg, in fact, batteries from electric bus route 55 are getting a second life for solar energy storage. It is part of a research project where Volvo Buses, Göteborg Energi, Riksbyggen and Johanneberg Science Park are working together to examine electricity storage in apartment blocks that have their own electricity production via solar panels.
The project is starting…
Volvo Buses is taking part in a research project whereby used electric bus batteries get a second lease of life as solar energy storage units. The research is taking place in Riksbyggen’s Viva housing cooperative in Gothenburg, an apartment complex that aims to be Sweden’s most innovative and sustainable housing project – Positive Footprint Housing. Tenants are just starting to move into their new apartments.
The research on energy storage in used bus batteries is done with support from the EU project IRIS Smart Cities. IRIS is a Light House project, financed by EU HORIZON 2020.
Electric bus batteries to store electricity
In Viva housing cooperative, Riksbyggen, Volvo, Göteborg Energi and Johanneberg Science Park have created a unique system whereby energy from solar panels on the roofs of the apartment buildings is stored in batteries that previously powered electric buses on route 55.
The energy warehouse is used to cut the property’s power consumption peaks, and to store or sell surplus solar energy. It can also be used to buy and store electricity from the national grid when it is cheap and green, for later use. This improves the efficiency of housing association Viva’s own energy system as well as that of the city’s power grid.
The battery warehouse consists of 14 used lithium-ion electric bus batteries. They are installed in a battery chamber and linked together to create a 200 kWh storage pack. This energy warehouse allows a larger proportion of Viva’s solar-generated electricity to be used for the housing association’s power needs.
Do electric bus batteries have good 2nd life potential?
“We know that electric bus batteries have good potential for other applications such as energy storage after the end of their life in public transport. What we are examining here is exactly how good that potential is.
Use of the batteries in an energy warehouse gives them an extended service life which in turn means better resource utilisation and less environmental impact. Here at Volvo we are examining various possibilities for the reuse of bus batteries for energy storage, and Viva is one such example,” says Ylva Olofsson, Project Coordinator at Volvo.
Electric buses for power storage?
The reuse and recycling of batteries is a key issue as increasing numbers of cities plan transition to electrically powered transport. Anyway, also the use of electric bus batteries for storing energy when the bus is not in operation may lead to interesting developments.
This solution is being tested in the US, in NY State, where five electric school buses by Lion Electric will be used as power storage over summer break: the energy utility Consolidated Edison contributed to the purchase of the buses in order to use them, in summer, for transfer power back to the grid during peak hours, when the energy demand is higher, like in the afternoons after people return from work and turn on air conditioning units.
December 5th, 2018
They are nice but I doubt whether they are the ones that he was referring to.
Geza Ulole
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Actually i got shocked there is already EVB for buses that their charge can last 500 km without being recharged! Power storage technology for rechargable batteries is already so advanced, unbelievable! the Chinese r leading innivation in this sector!
Tony254
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Yes. The Chinese are leading in electric vehicles technology in general, including the personal cars. For us we will accept any bus that solves the jam menace in Nairobi. The bus doesn't have to be fancy as long as it solves our problems.
Geza Ulole
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Wazee wa shortcut sio? Dar BRT buses zinazokuja zitatumia CNG!
Tony254
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Hapa mumefikiria sana. Mtawacha kutumia diesel. Mtaanza kutumia CNG ambayo mnazalisha wenyewe.Wazee wa shortcut sio? Dar BRT buses zinazokuja zitatumia CNG!
Geza Ulole
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waje wajaribu pia na electric buses as in the long run the more u cut down operating cost the more u r making the whole industry sustainable!
NairobiWalker
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Compressed natural gas isn't anything special. There are many modifiers who can transform your normal gasoline car into a CNG car here in Kenya.Wazee wa shortcut sio? Dar BRT buses zinazokuja zitatumia CNG!
Nicxie
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The way you reason inatia huruma. Hivi, mtu mmoja akitumia treni kila siku for 30 days what does that mean to you? One person can commute even 50 times in a day
Let me make it simpler for you. Mtu akisafiri kwa ndege na atumie airport fulani for a certain period of time in a month, how will that person's data be captured when calculating the number of passengers that use or transit through that airport?
Teargass
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Sijaiona mtu mjinga hii forum kama wewe.
Don YF
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Ebu zoom in ushangae😂😂😂., just zoom that picture tuone ukweli
Don YF
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Waziri wao hana "makosa" haswa, ni propaganda tu, jamaa anajaribu kuikweza ccm kwa wapuzi wasio na independent mindset kama akina The best 007 hivi., poor critical thinking abilities.
Don YF
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The idiot hana taarifa Moi sports complex Kasarani hosted all African games at some point, an African olympic type mixed tournament! Mkapa cannot manage such, aki prove nahama jf! Haiwezi kamwe not unless they expand with more facilities.