ÖBB begins using world’s first wind turbine purely for traction current
Climate Protection Minister Leonore Gewessler and ÖBB CEO Andreas Matthä 2022, ÖBB / Roland Rudolph
In Lower Austria, ÖBB has put the world’s first wind turbine that is solely used for traction current into operation. With a tip height of 200 metres and a rotor diameter of 112 metres, the wind turbine has an output of around 3 megawatts.
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Still, however, current electrification of railways is cause of severe disturbings, thus a devastating suboptimation, now due for a shift.
(For clients, ware owners, risks at supply chain means costs.)
For the needed, a sound, sustainable shift, simply quality of service rendered has to be raised, to be equal, or higher, than alternative available.
All old standards, now root of disturbing, have to be outed!
(Now neither core clients of railways, afford luxury of not caring about “eta”…)