{"id":26686,"date":"2026-03-11T08:47:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T08:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/2026\/03\/11\/can-the-london-underground-run-on-solar-power\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T08:47:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T08:47:39","slug":"can-the-london-underground-run-on-solar-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/2026\/03\/11\/can-the-london-underground-run-on-solar-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Can the London Underground run on solar power?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nqGeR6zSUKs?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Can the London Underground run on solar power?<br \/>And how much power would that take?<br \/>It\u2019s no secret that running the Tube requires a huge amount of electricity. The Underground uses around 1.6 terawatt-hours annually. That\u2019s enough to power almost 600,000 homes for a whole year. No wonder TfL is the single largest electricity consumer in London.<br \/>But that\u2019s about to change. TfL and SSE are developing new solar installations that will supply renewable energy directly to the Tube network through a private connection, bypassing the National Grid.<br \/>Once constructed, the solar panels will deliver up to 65,000 megawatt-hours of energy, which is around two-thirds of what the Victoria line uses per year \u2014 enough to power 25,000 homes.<br \/>This is part of TfL\u2019s and Mayor Sadiq Khan\u2019s plan for a net-zero London by 2030. Over 25 years, these solar installations could save more than 27,000 tonnes of CO\u2082, which is equal to the emissions from 33,000 New York\u2013London flights.<br \/>Another part of this plan is gradually replacing all diesel-powered buses \u2014 which I covered in my previous video \u2014 and even replacing lighting within Tube stations and trains with LEDs, which use 60% less energy than traditional lighting.<br \/>#london #londonundergroundtransport #transport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can the London Underground run on solar power?And how much power would that take?It\u2019s no secret that running the Tube requires a huge amount of electricity. The Underground uses around 1.6 terawatt-hours annually. That\u2019s enough to power almost 600,000 homes for a whole year. No wonder TfL is the single largest electricity consumer in London.But [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8553,"featured_media":26687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84708,84702,84700,84712,84701,84710,84694,84693,84705,84698,84706,84704,84697,84707,84695,84703,84696,84711,84709,84699],"tags":[84688,84682,84680,84692,84681,84690,84674,84673,84685,84678,84686,84684,84677,84687,84675,84683,84676,84691,84689,84679],"class_list":["post-26686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-green-energy-london","category-how-much-electricity-london-underground-uses","category-london-infrastructure","category-london-sustainability","category-london-transport-facts","category-london-transport-system","category-london-tube","category-london-underground","category-net-zero-london-2030","category-renewable-energy-london","category-sadiq-khan-net-zero-plan","category-solar-panels-london-transport","category-solar-power-london-underground","category-sustainable-transport-london","category-tfl","category-tfl-electricity-consumption","category-transport-for-london","category-tube-facts","category-urban-infrastructure","category-victoria-line","tag-green-energy-london","tag-how-much-electricity-london-underground-uses","tag-london-infrastructure","tag-london-sustainability","tag-london-transport-facts","tag-london-transport-system","tag-london-tube","tag-london-underground","tag-net-zero-london-2030","tag-renewable-energy-london","tag-sadiq-khan-net-zero-plan","tag-solar-panels-london-transport","tag-solar-power-london-underground","tag-sustainable-transport-london","tag-tfl","tag-tfl-electricity-consumption","tag-transport-for-london","tag-tube-facts","tag-urban-infrastructure","tag-victoria-line"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8553"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}