Patent ID: 11970192
Assignee: SUNTRAIN, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 16:
17. 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.