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Iarnród Éireann And Latvia’s DIGAS To Trial Europe’s First Retrofitted Hydrogen Freight Locomotive

The title of this post, is the same as that of this press release from Irish Rail.

This is the sub-heading.

Cleaner, cheaper and practical initiative towards decarbonisation goals

These are the first three sections.

Cleaner

Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail is providing a locomotive and will test a retrofitted hydrogen locomotive using a cleaner burning renewable fuel.

Cheaper

DIGAS will provide a cost-effective way how to introduce a hydrogen in the fleet of existing diesel locomotives by retrofitting diesel locomotives with a specialised internal combustion engine (ICE) hydrogen system.

Practical

The collaboration will demonstrate a practical path towards complete decarbonisation of the diesel locomotive fleet.

Note.

1. The eighteen 071 Class locomotives were built in Canada by General Motors.
2. Some date from as early as 1976.
3. In the UK, there is a similar project to convert Class 66 locomotives to dual fuel, which I wrote about in Clean Air Power Adds Hydrogen To Class 66 Fuel Mix.

It does look that the technology is being developed to convert freight locomotives to hydrogen.

September 18, 2023 Posted by AnonW | Hydrogen, Transport/Travel | Class 66 Locomotive, DIGAS, Freight, Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine, Irish Rail, Latvia | 2 Comments