12 май 2022 г. - (UK) Clean Air Power demonstrated a Freightliner Class 66 locomotive running on hydrogen, biogas and diesel

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As part of a nine-month project, Clean Air Power demonstrated a Freightliner Class 66 locomotive running on hydrogen to reduce its carbon emission output. Clean Air Power achieved this by fitting the Class 66 with its precision injection technology, allowing the locomotive to run on a combination of diesel, biogas, and hydrogen.

The project marks the first time this technology, which has been successfully demonstrated on road, was applied to the rail freight sector. The project paves the way for the decarbonization of other Class 66 locomotives, which carry over 80% of the freight on the UK rail network.

Clean Air Power was able to fund the initiative after being chosen as one of the winners of the 2021 First of a Kind (FOAK) competition, which is backed by the Department for Transport in partnership with Innovate UK. FOAK is aimed at making railways cleaner, greener and more passenger friendly. 30 projects were awarded a share of £9 million, with Clean Air Power securing almost £400,000.

Clean Air Power’s main project partner was rail freight operator, Freightliner. The company was also supported by RSSB, Carrickarory, the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education at the University of Birmingham, Network Rail and Tarmac.

Dan Skelton, managing director of Clean Air Power, said, “Our team and project partners have worked brilliantly alongside one another to deliver a low-carbon, low-emission, hydrogen-friendly Class 66 locomotive.

https://www.electricandhybridrail.com/content/news/clean-air-power-completes-major-rail-freight-decarbonization-project-in-uk

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