6 lugl 2021 anni - (UK) The UK government is to finance a research program aimed at advancing a dual-fuel solution for the class 66 locomotive

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The UK government is to finance a research programme aimed at advancing a dual-fuel solution for the class 66 locomotive. It is part of its First of a Kind scheme, awarded to a consortium led by the rail freight operator Freightliner. The diesel-powered workhorse is widely used in the UK rail freight industry and Freightliner operates over 100 examples of the class. The research project, which formally began this month, will investigate the ability to substitute diesel with both hydrogen and biogas on the class 66. Freightliner and other operators have almost 500 examples of the EMD-built class 66 in active service. According to Freightliner analysis, the class hauls over 80 per cent of freight traffic on the UK rail network.

https://www.railfreight.com/technology/2021/07/06/uk-government-funding-for-freightliners-dual-fuel-project/