This paper describes a hybrid tram powered by a Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell (FC) stack supported by an energy storage system (ESS) composed of a Li-ion battery (LB) pack and an ultra-capacitor (UC) pack. This configuration allows the tram to operate without grid connection.
Customer ServiceCAF''s Urbos tramway platform will be utilised for the Bologna network, featuring vehicles with a capacity for over 200 passengers and a length of 35 metres. These trams will be equipped with CAF''s OESS system,
Customer ServiceThis paper investigates the benefits of using the on-board energy storage devices (OESD) and wayside energy storage devices (WESD) in light rail transportation (metro and tram) systems. The analysed benefits are the use of OESD and WESD as a source of supply in an emergency metro scenario to safely evacuate the passengers blocked in a metro
Customer ServiceSpanish renewable energy specialist Ingenium Group and compatriot Endurance Motive, which makes batteries for stationary and e-mobility applications, have formed an alliance aimed at promoting battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Italy.
Customer ServiceEnergy storage systems (ESSs) play a significant role in performance improvement of future electric traction systems. This paper investigates an ESS based on supercapacitors for trams as a
Customer ServiceThe key idea of a hybrid energy-storage system (HESS) respectively. Based on the case study of a real 3 kV railway system in Italy, the simulation results showed that the Li-ion battery-based stationary ESS was able to reduce the peak current, voltage drop and losses by 43.2%, 5.26% and 22.4%, respectively. Moreover, for the application of an Ni-MH battery
Customer ServiceThis paper describes a hybrid tram powered by a Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell (FC) stack supported by an energy storage system (ESS) composed of a Li-ion
Customer ServiceThe new technology is based on an onboard energy storage system (OBESS), with scalable battery capacity. It can be installed directly on the roof of existing trams - saving on costs, and visual impact – all while ensuring better environmental performance for a
Customer ServiceITALY: Hitachi Rail has been awarded a contract to supply 46 trams equipped with batteries to avoid the need for overhead wires in the historic city of Firenze. The order announced on July 30 includes the supply of digital
Customer ServiceCAF''s Urbos tramway platform will be utilised for the Bologna network, featuring vehicles with a capacity for over 200 passengers and a length of 35 metres. These trams will be equipped with CAF''s OESS system, allowing for catenary
Customer ServiceThe tram will consist of 5 modules with one key feature being the readiness for the upgrade with the OESS (On Board Energy Storage Systems) system, which allows the unit to operate on catenary-free sections, thereby reducing the visual impact on the historic Italian city whilst improving energy efficiency.
Customer ServiceIn 2021, Hitachi Rail successfully tested its first battery-powered tram in Florence, ready to be installed to new and existing lines for the Florence network. Battery
Customer ServiceIn 2021, Hitachi Rail successfully tested its first battery-powered tram in Florence, ready to be installed to new and existing lines for the Florence network. Battery installation has given the tram system catenary-free status, as the trams can run without overhead lines. As a result, the tramway is less invasive within the city''s historic
Customer ServiceThe new technology is based on an onboard energy storage system (OBESS), with scalable battery capacity. It can be installed directly on the roof of existing trams - saving on costs, and visual impact – all while ensuring better environmental performance for a more sustainable society. In Florence, battery powered trams have been tested since
Customer ServiceItaly preps energy storage auctions. The appropriate minister has signed into law a decree which will allow electricity transmission system operator (TSO) Terna to stage procurement exercises
Customer ServiceAll studies which deal with the topic of storage systems consider Italy to be one of the most attractive locations for the sale and marketing of storage systems and the related innovative electricity supply models. In its last year''s report entitled
Customer ServiceITALY: Hitachi Rail has been awarded a contract to supply 46 trams equipped with batteries to avoid the need for overhead wires in the historic city of Firenze. The order announced on July 30 includes the supply of digital signalling, and operator GEST has also awarded Hitachi Rail a €17m contract for the maintenance of the network''s
Customer ServiceEnergy Vault Holdings, a developer of sustainable grid-scale energy storage solutions, and Carbosulcis, a coal mining company owned by the Autonomous Region of Sardinia, Italy, plan to develop a 100 MW hybrid gravity energy storage system (GESS) for underground mines, pairing their modular gravity storage and batteries.
Customer ServiceThe energy storage market in Italy doubled in capacity in the first half of the year, though Q2 saw the first slowdown in nine quarters and that could be repeated in H2, according to the country''s renewable energy trade
Customer ServiceGreentech Freedrive technology has been used to create an onboard energy storage system (OESS). This innovative technology enables trams to operate without overhead wires in cities, either partially on certain
Customer ServiceThe new technology is based on an onboard energy storage system (OBESS), with scalable battery capacity. It can be installed directly on the roof of existing trams - saving on costs, and
Customer ServiceThis paper investigates the benefits of using the on-board energy storage devices (OESD) and wayside energy storage devices (WESD) in light rail transportation (metro and tram) systems. The analysed benefits are the use of OESD and
Customer ServiceThe tram will consist of 5 modules with one key feature being the readiness for the upgrade with the OESS (On Board Energy Storage Systems) system, which allows the unit
Customer ServiceRupp A, Baier H et al (2016) Analysis of a flywheel energy storage system for light rail transit. Energy 107:625–638. Article Google Scholar Dong HZ, Tian ZB, Spencer JW, Fletcher D, Hajiabady S (2023) Coordinated control strategy of railway multisource traction system with energy storage and renewable energy. IEEE Trans Intell Transp Syst 24
Customer ServiceGreentech Freedrive technology has been used to create an onboard energy storage system (OESS). This innovative technology enables trams to operate without overhead wires in cities, either partially on certain sections or entirely with charging points at stops.
Customer ServiceThe vehicles will also be prepared for the OESS (On Board Energy Storage Systems), which will be equipped with batteries, necessary to be able to run some routes without catenary, while improving energy efficiency.
Customer ServiceBraking energy of trams can be recovered in storage systems. High power lithium batteries and supercapacitors have been considered. Storage systems can be installed
Customer ServiceFrom January to the end of October 2024, Italy added 1.74 GW of storage system projects. November 27, 2024 Massimiliano Tripodo From ESS News Italian grid operator Terna, in its monthly electricity demand update for November 2024, revealed the country Power Up Your Future: Sungrow Sets the Vision for the Future of Energy Storage in Italy. November 27, 2024
Customer ServiceBraking energy of trams can be recovered in storage systems. High power lithium batteries and supercapacitors have been considered. Storage systems can be installed on-board or along the supply network. A simulation tool has been realised to achieve a
Customer ServiceThe vehicles will also be prepared for the OESS (On Board Energy Storage Systems), which will be equipped with batteries, necessary to be able to run some routes without catenary, while improving energy efficiency. The front
Customer ServiceWith the new tram up and running, sustainable battery technology permits zero emission travel around the busy and condensed city of Florence. Noise reduction technology is used onboard to lessen the tram’s impact in the city, with noise-levels kept to a minimum.
Battery installation has given the tram system catenary-free status, as the trams can run without overhead lines. As a result, the tramway is less invasive within the city’s historic architecture and the technology has also saved millions of euros on installing wiring.
The new technology is based on an onboard energy storage system (OBESS), with scalable battery capacity. It can be installed directly on the roof of existing trams - saving on costs, and visual impact – all while ensuring better environmental performance for a more sustainable society. In Florence, battery powered trams have been tested since 2021.
In Florence, battery powered trams have been tested since 2021. Fitted to trams on the existing Sirio fleet, the battery technology enables the trams to operate on a section of the line entirely under battery power, without the use of overhead infrastructure.
The tram is running forward and backward on the rail line in the testing periods. Operation Mode Switching (OPMS) method. The tram is mainly manually operated based on a control screen, shown in Fig.5 (b). For safety in the test period, the LB and UC are only working in discharging mode when the tram is running.
As a result, the tramway is less invasive within the city’s historic architecture and the technology has also saved millions of euros on installing wiring. With the new tram up and running, sustainable battery technology permits zero emission travel around the busy and condensed city of Florence.
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