Topic: Environment

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

DB to use electric car battery packs from KIA for energy storage

Deutsche Bahn and KIA will cooperate on so-called second-life battery storage systems for green energy in a bid to save electricity. Encore, a corporate start-up of the DB Bahnbau Group, will take the lead in...Read more

07-09-2022|Comment|author: Nick Augusteijn

Austrian government approves iLint hydrogen train for operation

Coradia iLint, Alstom’s first hydrogen train, has completed three months of passenger operated tests with Austrian operator ÖBB on December 1st. Earlier this year, it received official approval from the Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate...Read more

02-12-2020|Comment|author: Sarah Chebaro