Functions

• Railroad based mobility enables new solar/wind farms to eliminate the need for buying land and building new transmission lines. 

 

• Vertical Axis Wind Turbines capture the wind created by the movement of a freight train.  

 

• Airfoils neutralize drag from wind turbines and natural wind. Airfoils conserve fuel when used in excess of drag.

 

• Solar panels use wasted space to generate power. Solar panels are installed on freight railcars, semi trailers, and hybrid gas/electric franchises.

 

• Regenerative brakes adapted to railcars generate power anytime the train slows for any reason.

 

• When at a full stop, power is sent to the regenerative brakes to turn them into multiple ‘booster’ motors that conserve fuel by helping to overcome inertia. When the train gets up to speed the power is cut turning them back into brakes.

 

• Refrigerated railcars aka ‘reefers’ powered by wind, solar, and kinetic energies, with battery backup. They eliminate the diesel generators currently used to power refrigeration. Zero emission reefers encourage more shipping by rail and less by truck.    

 

• Factory installed EV batteries are charged during shipping. EV transports can use charge fast charging batteries, or use slower charging ones for battery lease/exchange programs. Another option is charging conventional factory installed car batteries.  

 

• EV transports have the largest surface area of solar panels. 

 

• Renewable energy batteries are charged by wind, solar, and kinetic energies or by renewable energy facilities. Charged batteries are delivered to communities.  

 

• Battery power turns regenerative brakes into ‘booster’ motors as needed.

 

• Bulk EV battery charging with specially designed semi trailers.

 

• The technology provides infrastructure to support EV battery exchange services with last mile delivery, storage, and charge maintenance.  

 

• Versatility results in over two dozen types of railcars that have numerous applications. 

 

• Scalability allows various sizes of a Railroad Windfarm on single, or multiple trains, regionally, nationally, or globally. The Railroad Windfarm can operate on any gauge railroad tracks around the world. 

 

Check out the virtual prototype Video to see how the technology works and a significant application. To see a scale model (without airfoils) check out the Railroad Windfarm Photos. For other applications see More Options. Technology and Patents have additional info.