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The Denver Post

December 15, 2024

Startup aims to use rails, not power lines, to transport renewable energy; Colorado may host pilot project

San Francisco-based SunTrain joins Xcel Energy, NREL to apply for $10M grant for first-of-its-kind effort

Written by: Judith Kohler

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CleanTechnia

December 7, 2024

Renewable Energy-On-Rails Scheme To Cure Transmission Line Blues

Renewable Energy On Rails, What A Concept

Written by: Tina Casey

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THE COLORADO SUN

December 5, 2024

Charge train-size batteries with clean energy, roll them to power Denver: SunTrain says it’s the “crazy” future

"Polis, NREL and others are backing the Pueblo-to-Denver demonstration project as a bridge while new transmission lines lag."

Written by: Michael Booth

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The Denver Gazette

December 5, 2024

Officials: Moving electricity by train can help reduce carbon pollution from power plants

SunTrain looking to move 2 gigawatts of electricity from Pueblo to Denver daily.

Written by: Scott Weiser

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CBS NEWS COLORADO

December 4, 2024

Colorado officials think freight trains are the key to renewable energy transmission statewide. Here's why.

"We can actually move grid-ready electricity as commodity over the existing freight rail network," said Christopher Smith, the Chief Technology Officer of SunTrain, the company that pledges to transform the state's energy future.

Written by: Andrew Haubner

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THE ECONOMIST

June 20, 2024

Sun Machines

"...instead of a multi-decade planning battle to build a high-voltage transmission line, SunTrain could meet the utility’s power-import needs with a couple of trains a day."

Written by: Hal Hodson, in collaboration with Oliver Morton

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RAILTECH.COM

June 06, 2024

SunTrain could decarbonise America

"SunTrain intends to transport generated electricity in huge trains directly from the generating sites to cities and industrial consumers. The beauty of their concept is that all the infrastructure is already in place."

Written by: Simon Walton

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