31 magg 2023 anni - (AUSTRALIA) Work has begun on the first zero-emissions freight locomotive to be built in Australia

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Aurizon has contracted Progress Rail to undertake the innovative project. This type of work has the potential to reduce Australia’s transport emissions and transform the nation’s freight supply chains, Aurizon noted.

This will be the first freight unit to be constructed in Australia powered by batteries, allowing the potential future use of totally renewable energy sources for freight hauls. Batteries will also capture re-generative energy created when trains brake or travel downhill.

The prototype is being built at Progress Rail’s Redbank facility in south-east Queensland. The unit will be designed as a heavy-haul freight locomotive, capable of working at locations across Aurizon’s national footprint and suitable for Australia’s harsh operating conditions.

Progress Rail will retrofit one of Aurizon’s existing 4000-class diesel locomotives. Aurizon has more than 120 of the 4000-class locos in its national fleet, meaning a successful battery conversion could provide a much faster, less expensive decarbonization pathway, using fully recycled assets.

https://www.electricandhybridrail.com/content/news/work-has-begun-on-the-first-zero-emissions-freight-locomotive-to-be-built-in-australia

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