Topic: Biofuel

HTR.412 'Blues' train stopped at Grosseto in 2022 (Wikimedia, CC-SA-2.0 Gianluca Detti)

FS successfully runs Blues hybrid train on biofuel

This month, Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) performed a first, by running commercial passenger transport with a train powered by pure hydrogenated vegetable oil (Hvo) based biofuel produced by Eni, instead of diesel. This biofuel reduces...Read more

02-08-2023|Comment|author: Emma Dailey

A diesel shunting locomotive now runs on HVO

Bremerhaven shunting locomotives switched over to HVO

Shunting locomotives in the German Bremerhaven are now running solely on Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil (HVO) instead of diesel fuel. With funding from the state Bremen, the project including the conversion of a filling station was...Read more

06-03-2023|Comment|author: Esther Geerts

Beyond B100: SNCF’s ‘PlaneTER’ strategy for greener rail operations

Following the successful implementation of rapeseed-based biofuel B100 in Normandy, SNCF Voyageurs is also looking into Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO), batteries and hydrogen. RailTech.com sat down with Stéphane Chwalik, head of decarbonisation efforts for the...Read more

07-02-2023|1 comment|author: Emma Dailey

What is needed to shift to sustainable diesel alternatives in rail?

In two months, the developments in sustainable rolling stock and the necessary infrastructure will be the topic of discussion during the Rail Infra Forum 2023 on 14-15 March in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. What can you...Read more

17-01-2023|1 comment|author: Esther Geerts

Sylt Shuttle train refuelled with HVO biofuel

DB reaches HVO biofuel target two years earlier

With 17 million litres of the biofuel HVO, Deutsche Bahn is using twice the amount of biofuel in its diesel locomotives at the start of 2023 as originally calculated. Their volume target of the use...Read more

13-01-2023|Comment|author: Esther Geerts