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Table 1 Wedge 1.1—recovery of braking energy from trains entering the station: assumptions.

From: From the “Green Station” to the “Blue Station”: the role of the renovation of railway stations in the ecological transition of cities. Calculation model and possible measures for mitigation and compensation of impacts.

Battery sizing

  

Construction

4.18E−03

kWh/kWh

2.31E−01

m3/kWh

Use

4.00E−04

kWh/kWh

1.43E−04

m3/kWh

Incoming cruise energy

392.01

kWh/train

Recovery capacity

58.80

kWh/train

Gross cost of the system

200.00 × 1.25

Euro/kWh

Average service life

10

Years

  1. At the current state, the technology for regenerative braking on trains with alternating is currently ready for the market, while regenerative braking on trains with direct current is still under experimentation