Germany has begun operating the world's first hydrogen-powered electric train. It began to transport passengers in the state of Lower Saxony, which is in the north of Germany. Last monday The new train can travel a distance of 100 km with a maximum speed of 140 km per hour.

Alstom, the French railway company Has built two trains With teams in Germany and France to cooperate on the project. Which is supported by the German government A model of the new train called the Coradia iLint signals the beginning of efforts by Germany and other countries. To reduce the use of diesel trains emitting pollutants into the air.

The Coradia iLint trains are designed to run on non-electric trains with very low noise levels. This train uses the process of generating electrical energy from the reaction between hydrogen and oxygen. And if there was more energy production than the train needed at that time Can store the remaining energy in the battery

What the Coradia iLint train will release is water and steam.

The Coradia iLint can run a distance of approximately 1,000 kilometers using just one tank of hydrogen. This is also close to the distance that a diesel train can run in one tank of fuel.

Hydrogen-powered trains cost more to produce than slotxo diesel trains. But an official at Alstom said operating costs were much lower.

The company plans to deliver 14 more Coradia iLint trains to Lower Saxony by 2021.

Carmen Schwabl, head of local railroad Praising the adoption of hydrogen trains as a replacement for diesel trains, she said, the transformation marks an important first step in using clean-burning technology. To meet our climate protection goals and that there are now 120 diesel trains set to expire within the next 30 years, which means we will have to replace them with new trains.

By the experience gained from this project Is to help find a sustainable and practical solution.

Railway company Alstom pointed out that other European countries have also shown interest in developing hydrogen-powered trains. France expressed its intention to use the first hydrogen train by 2022.