Two hydrogen trains built by French company Alstom embarked on their maiden journeys on Monday between the north German towns of Buxtehude, Bremerhaven and Cuxhaven. Tanks on top of the train hold supplies of hydrogen and oxygen which are combined to create electricity. The world’s first hydrogen fuel cell train is entering passenger service and is ready for serial production,” said Henri Poupart-Lafarge, CEO of Alstom. Lower Saxony plans to bring a further 14 hydrogen trains into service by the end of 2021 at a cost of €81 million. Experts say that the hydrogen train could in the future make an important contribution to Germany’s Energiewende, the policy of severely limiting the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Source: The Local September 17, 2018 10:18 UTC