Trainsmission
In the news
The press has been paying attention.
The Financial Times, The Economist, CBS News and the Colorado papers have all covered the idea of moving electricity by freight rail. Trainsmission was formerly known as SunTrain, and much of the coverage below runs under that name.
Selected coverage
The Economist
“instead of a multi-decade planning battle to build a high-voltage transmission line, SunTrain could meet the utility’s power-import needs with a couple of trains a day.”
20 June 2024
Financial Times
“SunTrain calculates that one battery train could meet the daily energy needs of 120,000 homes.”
30 May 2024
CBS News Colorado
“We can actually move grid-ready electricity as commodity over the existing freight rail network.”
4 December 2024
More coverage
Anthropocene Magazine · 15 April 2025
Shipping solar power at the speed of a freight train
Peter Fairley — on whether railroads could break the clean-energy transmission logjam.
The Denver Post · 15 December 2024
Judith Kohler — on the joint application with Xcel Energy and NREL.
CleanTechnica · 7 December 2024
Renewable Energy-On-Rails Scheme To Cure Transmission Line Blues
Tina Casey.
The Colorado Sun · 5 December 2024
Charge train-size batteries with clean energy, roll them to power Denver
Michael Booth — on the Pueblo-to-Denver demonstration as a bridge while new transmission lags.
The Denver Gazette · 5 December 2024
Officials: Moving electricity by train can help reduce carbon pollution from power plants
Scott Weiser — on moving 2 GW from Pueblo to Denver daily.
RailTech · 6 June 2024
SunTrain could decarbonise America
Simon Walton — “the beauty of their concept is that all the infrastructure is already in place.”
SolarQuarter · 29 April 2024
SunTrain Demonstrates Revolutionary Renewable Energy Distribution Technology at Port of Oakland
On the Earth Day demonstration at the Port of Oakland.
CBS News · Behind The Story
Moving electricity by rail — the full segment
A nine-minute network feature on the technology, the rail operations and the people building it.
Media & press
Press inquiries are welcome.
Journalists, analysts and conference organizers — write to electrify@trainsmission.co and we will get back to you.