Fuel cell trains will open in Germany next year

According to foreign media on October 10 news, much of the world's attention fuel cell trains will began commercial operation in Germany be the end of next year. The future, it is expected to replace the diesel-powered non-electrified intercity train.

Fuel cell trains rely on the fuel tank placed in the roof of hydrogen and oxygen in the air chemical reaction generated by electricity, will not emit greenhouse gases. In September this year, held in Berlin, the International Railway Technology Exhibition, 60 countries, about 3,000 exhibiting companies. One French electric giant Alstom manufacturing company's most eye-catching fuel cell train.

Reported that the fuel cell train in the full load of fuel can be continuous driving 600 to 800 km, the maximum speed of up to 140 km. Up to 300 people can be transported. At the exhibition, the Australian railway electrical equipment company staff, said the old railway laying along the cable there are technical difficulties, the cost is high. From this point of view, the use of fuel cell train is a very good idea. Moreover, compared with fuel cell vehicles, fuel cell train hydrogen can be stored in the vehicle base, without the former as in the hydrogen refueling station refueling.

However, it was pointed out that although the fuel cell car driving zero emissions, but the hydrogen production process will emit greenhouse gases. France Alstom said the use of hydrogen generated when the base as a fuel, will not burden the environment. The company is also studying how to use wind power to generate electricity to hydrogen, in order to eventually achieve the "zero load" target.