US 11,970,192 B2 · Railroad energy delivery system

Abstract

Provided herein is an energy delivery system for transporting electrical energy from an electrical energy generation facility to an electrical energy consumption facility via rail. The energy delivery system can comprise a train comprising at least one rail car loaded with at least one battery system. The battery system can comprise an energy transfer interface for receiving energy from the energy generation facility when the train is located at the energy generation facility for charging batteries of the battery system and for transferring energy stored by the battery system to the energy consumption facility when the train is located at the energy consumption facility. The energy transfer interface can be configured to receive energy from a corresponding energy transfer interface mounted to a crane system of the energy generation facility and to transfer energy to a corresponding energy transfer interface mounted to a crane system of the energy consumption facility.

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Dependent claims

An energy delivery system for transporting electrical energy from an electrical energy generation facility to an electrical energy consumption facility via rail, the energy delivery system comprising:

a train comprising at least one rail car loaded with at least one battery system, the at least one battery system comprising at least one energy transfer interface for receiving energy from the energy generation facility when the train is located at the energy generation facility for charging batteries of the at least one battery system and for transferring energy stored by the at least one battery system to the energy consumption facility when the train is located at the energy consumption facility;
wherein the energy transfer interface is configured to receive energy from a corresponding energy transfer interface mounted to a crane system of the energy generation facility and to transfer energy to a corresponding energy transfer interface mounted to a crane system of the energy consumption facility.

A method for transporting electrical energy from an electrical energy generation facility to an electrical energy consumption facility via rail, the method comprising:

positioning a train comprising at least one rail car loaded with at least one battery system and at least one energy transfer interface proximate to an energy generation facility;
aligning an energy transfer interface of the energy generation facility with the energy transfer interface of at least one rail car via a crane system of the energy generation facility;
charging batteries of the at least one battery system with energy transferred from the energy generation facility to the at least one battery system via the energy transfer interfaces;
relocating the train via one or more rail lines to an energy consumption facility that is remote from the energy generation facility;
aligning an energy transfer interface of the energy consumption facility with the energy transfer interface of the at least one rail car via a crane system of the energy consumption facility;
and
transferring energy from the batteries of the at least one battery system to the energy consumption facility via the energy transfer interfaces.

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