독일, 세계 최초 배출가스 없는 수소열차 상용화 운행 시작 Germany launches world's first hydrogen-powered train

Germany launches world's first hydrogen-powered train

Two trains built by the French train maker Alstom are now operating on a 62 mile stretch of line in northern Germany

Agence France-Presse

Mon 17 Sep 2018 15.20 BST Last modified on Tue 18 Sep 2018 00.30 BST

Germany has rolled out the world’s first hydrogen-powered train, signalling the start of a push to challenge the might of polluting diesel trains with costlier but more eco-friendly technology.

The world’s first hydrogen fuel cell passenger train is now running in northern Germany.

독일, 세계 최초 배출가스 없는 수소열차 상용화 운행 시작   독일은 세계 최초로  배출 가스가 발생하지 않는 수소 열차를 운행하며 다소 비싸지만 친환경적인 기술로 디젤열차로 인한 환경오염을 방지하기 위한 도전에 나섰다 프랑스 TGV 제조사인 알스톰에 의해 제작된 두 개의 밝은 파란색 ‘코라디아 이린트(Coradia iLint) 열차는 월요일 독일 북부의 쿡스하펜(Cuxhaven)과 브레머하펜(Bremerhaven)의 도시 사이에 100km 구간을 달리기 시작했다. 황기철 콘페이퍼 에디터 큐레이터 Ki Cheol Hwang, conpaper editor, curator

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Two bright blue Coradia iLint trains, built by French TGV-maker Alstom, on Monday began running a 62 mile (100km) route between the towns and cities of Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven, Bremervoerde and Buxtehude in northern Germany – a stretch normally plied by diesel trains.

“The world’s first hydrogen train is entering into commercial service and is ready for serial production,” Alstom CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge said at an unveiling ceremony in Bremervoerde, the station where the trains will be refuelled with hydrogen.

Alstom has said it plans to deliver another 14 of the zero-emissions trains to Lower Saxony state by 2021, while other German states have also expressed an interest.

Hydrogen trains are equipped with fuel cells that produce electricity through a combination of hydrogen and oxygen, a process that leaves steam and water as the only emissions. Excess energy is stored in ion lithium batteries on board the train.

The Coradia iLint trains can run for about 600 miles (1,000km) on a single tank of hydrogen, similar to the range of diesel trains.

Alstom is betting on the technology as a greener, quieter alternative to diesel on non-electrified railway lines – an attractive prospect to many German cities scrambling to combat air pollution.

“Sure, buying a hydrogen train is somewhat more expensive than a diesel train, but it is cheaper to run,” Stefan Schrank, the project’s manager at Alstom, said.

Other countries are also looking into hydrogen trains, Alstom said, including Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Italy and Canada. In France, the government has already said it wants the first hydrogen train to be on the rails by 2022.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/17/germany-launches-worlds-first-hydrogen-powered-train

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