Solar Powered 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.

Solar powered buses.

200 watts on 12 volts x1 2 20 amps. Unlike typical motorhomes or campers skoolies come as empty shells without a pre existing electrical system beyond the starter battery. This simple addon reduces fuel consumption by 5 in norway. Existing solar buses are battery electric buses or in the.

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. Seating 20 passengers the star 8 city bus is designed for inner city public transport. A solar powered city bus will save thousands of gallons of bio fuel because it does not run on bio fuel. Green energy scandinavia has installed solar cells on roofs of nettbuss buses.

To simplify the design process we have created a step by step skoolie system builder with kit recommendations for all five subsystems. The 195 kw rooftop pv system is providing enough energy to recharge 6 buses at the same time and the expected annual power generation is up to 20 mwh. During the night or on cloudy days this stored energy is used. It runs solely on the sun hence the term solar powered.

The advantage of smaller seating capacity is higher occupancy levels resulting in more cost effective operations. 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. 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. Battery bank alternator charging solar charging ac input output and dc distribution.

The bus is expected to run 80km or virtually a full operational day for example kampala entebbe kampala between recharges. Multiply by 1 2 and you need a 40 amp charge controller. With a full charge battery range of approximately 50km this is perfectly suited to the more boutique routes.