Irish Rail to trial Europe’s first locomotive to combust hydrogen instead of diesel
Irish Rail locomotive, which will be converted to run on hydrogen DIGAS
Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail), and the Latvian company DIGAS have entered into a contractual agreement aimed at transforming a diesel freight locomotive into one that runs on hydrogen in the same combustion engine a proof-of-concept initiative. The primary objective of this 1.5 million euro project is to contribute to the reduction of carbon emissions of Iarnród Éireann’s operations.
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