California's Electric Bullet Train Goes Green with Full Solar Power.

The California High-Speed Rail Authority is planning to build a $200 million utility-scale system that will include 552 acres of solar panels generating 44 megawatts of electricity and batteries to store 62 megawatt hours of power. The system will be robust enough to provide powerful electrical bursts to propel trains at up to 220 miles per hour through the 171-mile Central Valley segment of the railway, withstand intense heat and keep passengers moving along, even if there’s a blackout at local utilities. The railway is being constructed on land the state purchased in its main agricultural heartland, on viaducts built over fields and former commercial properties between Merced and Bakersfield.