Siemens Mobility officially presented its regional vehicle from the Mireo platform for the first time during TRAKO 2023, in Gdansk, Poland, on 19 September 2023. The Mireo is…
As electric transport continues to gain traction, accurate energy measurements become increasingly crucial for optimising energy distribution in the grid. Elscolab, a distributor of measurement, control, and laboratory…
Recuperated brake energy trains on the UK’s high-speed line HS1 can power more than 375 homes on an annual basis. That’s the conclusion on the part of HS1,…
Adif High Speed (AV) has called for bids for energy supply contracts with a combined value to 1.6 billion euros. The company is specifically looking for green energy…
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…
Arctic winters or not, Bane NOR will turn down the heat at 334 train stations across Norway in a bid to save energy. The infrastructure manager will drop…
ÖBB will be equipping its Cityjet trains from the Siemens Desiro ML series with new software so that they can be put in so-called ‘sleep mode plus’. The…
Scotland’s publicly run railway has been given the funding to address electric power supply issues. The injection of 120 million pounds (140 million euros) will help the network…
Spanish operator Renfe ended the month of May with a profit, marking the first profitable month since November 2019. Energy costs in particular weigh down on companies such…
“Rail is already in the spotlight because it uses less energy than other modes of transport, but there is also still much to be won through energy savings”,…
The results of testing semiconductor technology based on silicon carbide in a tram in Munich are in. A reduction of both noise and energy use was achieved with…
Several countries have adopted a Norwegian technology that has a positive effect on the climate and saves society from large expenses. Bane NOR calculated that if every European…
Following the presentation of a TGV M body shell on 16 July 2020, Alstom and SNCF unveiled the first TGV M power car last week on Wednesday. The…
Siemens Mobility and Infineon Technologies AG have developed new auxiliary converters (HBU) to make vehicle electrical systems with power semiconductors based on silicon carbide (SiC) more efficient and…
All EU infrastructure managers are obliged to have a data collection system for the energy consumption of trains by January 2022. Energy management expert Bart van der Spiegel…