Supply Side: Clear Blue Technologies International; ContainerPort Group; Hatch Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor Clear Blue Technologies International and Metro-Tech Sales and Consulting have provided Illumient solar lights to Conrail to light rail switches at a Greenwich County, N.J., yard. Clear Blue Technologies International and Metro-Tech Sales and Consulting have wrapped up a safety switch lighting project for Conrail; ContainerPort Group has sold its rail lift operation; and Hatch is celebrating 65 years as a consultancy. Clear Blue Technologies International and Metro-Tech Sales and Consulting have provided Illumient solar lights to Conrail to light rail switches at a Greenwich County, N.J., yard. “Conrail was looking for reliable power solutions to light their railroad switches,” said Ron Stadler of Metro-Tech. “Many of these switches are not near reliable power grid services, so it wasn’t cost effective to develop the infrastructure.” That’s why the Illumient off-grid solution was selected. Clear Blue’s Smart Off-Grid technology is said to ensure “the delivery of reliable lighting services and proactive identification and advanced management of failures or maintenance issues to avoid service interruption.” Additionally, since railway switches need to function through temperature extremes and lack of sunlight, Clear Blue’s Illumient “is specifically built to deliver maximum uptime through predictive energy and weather forecasting.” Illumient lighting systems can include a LED light pole, solar panel or wind turbine, battery, smart controller, an integrated wireless communications network, and the Illumience cloud-based power management software.