Post by account_disabled on Feb 26, 2024 23:28:21 GMT -8
French company Alstom has announced that the world's first hydrogen train , the Coradia iLint, has reached another historic milestone in Bremervörde, Lower Saxony, Germany. A bunch of these hydrogen fuel cell trains have now entered passenger service along a % hydrogen train route in Lower Saxony.
In September , a successful nearly two-year trial of two pre-series Coradia iLint hydrogen fuel cell trains was carried out along an existing route operated by Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser (EVB). The project has now officially entered public service. The use of hydrogen as fuel for trains significantly reduces the burden on the environment.
On the route between Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven, Bremervörde and Buxtehude, the Elbe-Weser railway and transport company (evb) will operate hydrogen-powered Alstom regional trains on behalf of the Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft Niedersachsen (LNVG), gradually replacing diesel trains. The state railway authority LNVG had already started looking for alternatives to diesel trains in and has committed to purchasing only non-diesel trains.
Alstom's hydrogen-powered regional trains will be refueled / at the Linde hydrogen filling station. With a range of km, the Coradia iLint model can run all day with just one tank of hydrogen in the EVB network. This emission-free regional train emits only steam and condensed water while operating with a low noise level. The train travels at speeds of and km/h, with a ma Brazil Mobile Number List ximum speed of up to km/h.
The Linde hydrogen filling station in Bremervörde contains sixty-four bar high-pressure storage tanks with a total capacity of , kilograms, six hydrogen compressors and two fuel pumps. Future plans call for on-site hydrogen production through electrolysis and regeneratively generated electricity.
“Emission-free mobility is one of the most important goals to ensure a sustainable future, and Alstom has a clear ambition to become the world leader in alternative propulsion systems for railways,” says Henri Poupart-Lafarge, CEO and President. of the Alstom Board. “The world’s first hydrogen train, the Coradia iLint, demonstrates our clear commitment to green mobility combined with cutting-edge technology.”
The next destination for Alstom trains will be Frankfurt, where Coradia iLint trains have been ordered for the metropolitan area. They will also make a stop in Italy, where Alstom will build Coradia Stream hydrogen trains in the Lombardy region, with an option for eight more. And in France, Coradia multipurpose hydrogen trains will be shared in four different French regions.
Flood of orders for the hydrogen train
Designed in the French town of Tarbes and assembled in Salzgitter, in central Germany, these trains have been commercially tested since , with two of them in regular circulation.
Alstom has already signed four contracts to deliver dozens of trains in Germany, France and Italy, and demand continues to increase.
In Germany alone, “between , and , diesel trains could be replaced by hydrogen trains,” Schrank estimates.
"In , between and % of the European regional journey market could run on hydrogen," Alexandre Charpentier, a railway expert at the Roland Berger consultancy, confirms to AFP.
Alstom's competitors have also entered this market. The German group Siemens presented a train model in May with the railway company Deutsche Bahn, with a view to putting it into service in
But beyond these beautiful perspectives, "there are real barriers," warns the expert.
And it is not only trains that are looking for hydrogen, but the entire transport sector, by road or air, as well as the heavy industry - steel and chemical -, which has this technology to reduce CO emissions.
In September , a successful nearly two-year trial of two pre-series Coradia iLint hydrogen fuel cell trains was carried out along an existing route operated by Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser (EVB). The project has now officially entered public service. The use of hydrogen as fuel for trains significantly reduces the burden on the environment.
On the route between Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven, Bremervörde and Buxtehude, the Elbe-Weser railway and transport company (evb) will operate hydrogen-powered Alstom regional trains on behalf of the Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft Niedersachsen (LNVG), gradually replacing diesel trains. The state railway authority LNVG had already started looking for alternatives to diesel trains in and has committed to purchasing only non-diesel trains.
Alstom's hydrogen-powered regional trains will be refueled / at the Linde hydrogen filling station. With a range of km, the Coradia iLint model can run all day with just one tank of hydrogen in the EVB network. This emission-free regional train emits only steam and condensed water while operating with a low noise level. The train travels at speeds of and km/h, with a ma Brazil Mobile Number List ximum speed of up to km/h.
The Linde hydrogen filling station in Bremervörde contains sixty-four bar high-pressure storage tanks with a total capacity of , kilograms, six hydrogen compressors and two fuel pumps. Future plans call for on-site hydrogen production through electrolysis and regeneratively generated electricity.
“Emission-free mobility is one of the most important goals to ensure a sustainable future, and Alstom has a clear ambition to become the world leader in alternative propulsion systems for railways,” says Henri Poupart-Lafarge, CEO and President. of the Alstom Board. “The world’s first hydrogen train, the Coradia iLint, demonstrates our clear commitment to green mobility combined with cutting-edge technology.”
The next destination for Alstom trains will be Frankfurt, where Coradia iLint trains have been ordered for the metropolitan area. They will also make a stop in Italy, where Alstom will build Coradia Stream hydrogen trains in the Lombardy region, with an option for eight more. And in France, Coradia multipurpose hydrogen trains will be shared in four different French regions.
Flood of orders for the hydrogen train
Designed in the French town of Tarbes and assembled in Salzgitter, in central Germany, these trains have been commercially tested since , with two of them in regular circulation.
Alstom has already signed four contracts to deliver dozens of trains in Germany, France and Italy, and demand continues to increase.
In Germany alone, “between , and , diesel trains could be replaced by hydrogen trains,” Schrank estimates.
"In , between and % of the European regional journey market could run on hydrogen," Alexandre Charpentier, a railway expert at the Roland Berger consultancy, confirms to AFP.
Alstom's competitors have also entered this market. The German group Siemens presented a train model in May with the railway company Deutsche Bahn, with a view to putting it into service in
But beyond these beautiful perspectives, "there are real barriers," warns the expert.
And it is not only trains that are looking for hydrogen, but the entire transport sector, by road or air, as well as the heavy industry - steel and chemical -, which has this technology to reduce CO emissions.