Abstract
In order to prevent global warming, the emission of greenhouse gases must be reduced. One way of enabling this is the effective utilization of green energy, also called renewable energy which necessitates the construction of infrastructure suitable for distributing it. In this study, a new transportation system related to buses is proposed, where the focus is on bus stops distributed in a region. In this system, a bus stop stores the electric power generated from green energy sources installed around it and supplies this power to buses. When a bus arrives at a bus stop, it is intermittently charged with a small amount of electricity, sufficient for it to travel to the next bus stop. The effectiveness of the proposed system is confirmed through a model experiment using a golf cart. The results confirm that the proposed cycling operation is possible by intermittent charge during the short stoppage of the bus, while passengers embark and disembark. The effectiveness of supplying electric power to a bus departing from a bus stop is also confirmed. In addition, the area of photovoltaic modules required at every bus stop is simulated.
