Solar Powered Busses

This simple addon reduces fuel consumption by 5 in norway.

Solar powered busses.

Green energy scandinavia has installed solar cells on roofs of nettbuss buses. A solar bus or solar charged bus is a bus which is powered exclusively or mainly by solar energy a solar powered bus service is referred to as a solar bus service the use of the term solar bus normally implies that solar energy is used not only for powering electric equipment on the bus but also for the propulsion of the vehicle. Battery bank alternator charging solar charging ac input output and dc distribution. Unlike typical motorhomes or campers skoolies come as empty shells without a pre existing electrical system beyond the starter battery.

200 watts on 12 volts x1 2 20 amps. Existing solar buses are battery electric buses or in the. A solar powered city bus will save thousands of gallons of bio fuel because it does not run on bio fuel. The advantage of smaller seating capacity is higher occupancy levels resulting in more cost effective operations.

To simplify the design process we have created a step by step skoolie system builder with kit recommendations for all five subsystems. Multiply by 1 2 and you need a 40 amp charge controller. A fleet of 10 electric buses operating around town will be charged overnight at a bus depot which has solar panels on its roof amy hall sat 8 oct 2016 03 00 edt last modified on wed 14 feb 2018 12. During the night or on cloudy days this stored energy is used.

With a full charge battery range of approximately 50km this is perfectly suited to the more boutique routes. Transdev s new e bus is battery powered using solar panels and a tesla powerwall making it the first 100 per cent renewable energy passenger bus in australia. It runs solely on the sun hence the term solar powered. The easy way to decide what size of charge controller you need is to divide the input wattage by the system voltage and multiply by 1 2 for safety if you have 400 watts of solar panels charging a 12 volt system 400 12 you get 33 33 amps.

The 33 diesel engine buses are. The kayoola solar bus will be easier to maintain in terms of not having to change oil as is done in the diesel powered buses and not having to repair hydraulic lines that run through a conventional bus. Seating 20 passengers the star 8 city bus is designed for inner city public transport.