SWISS, STOP BEING SO EXCELLENT!
SBB, #Switzerland's national railway, will get 100% of electricity for its already comprehensively electrified train network from hydro, solar, other renewables.
Not by 2050. Or 2035. But by 2025. (Checks non-Swiss watch.) Next year!
https://eisenbahn.blog/sbb-zuege-fahren-ab-2025-mit-100-prozent-erneuerbarem-bahnstrom
@straphanger This doesn't seem super interesting considering the way EU grids work. Technically I've been getting 100% renewable power at my home for 10 years. The problem is that doesn't mean it all comes from a single grid: me buying more renewable power just means someone else with a different contract gets more natural gas.
The only meaningful numbers are the overall grid supply numbers.
In a way SBB is partially powered by hydro powerplants that can't be used for anything else: SBB has its own 16.7Hz grid because this is the train supply frequency. It's powered partially by sbb's hydro plants, partially by frequency converters (mostly rotating ones) from the grid, and has some amount of pumped storage. Alas, this update is about power bought from the grid, so it's exactly as you're saying.
