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German trains will be switched to energy from wind and solar

13.06.2021

In Germany, trains are planning to switch completely to renewable energy sources. Harmful emissions from the German railway transport system will be reduced to a minimum by 2038.

Germany's main national railway operator, the Deutsche Bahn (DB) concern, intends to switch all locomotives plying the country to electricity from renewable sources, including solar, wind, biomass and water, in the next 17 years. DB has already signed contracts for the supply of electricity from a solar power plant from Enerparc in Mecklenburg for the next 30 years. In 2021, spending on clean energy will account for over 60 percent of the group's expenses.

The combined annual energy consumption of the group's trains is 10 terawatt-hours, which is approximately equal to the energy consumption of the entire city of Hamburg, the second largest city in Germany.

A few years ago, Germany's ICE express trains and IC/EC trains were already converted to green electricity, with clean-fuel locomotives marked with green stripes instead of the traditional red ones.

The greening of the railway in Germany is reinforced by the introduction of trains that run on "clean" hydrogen energy. The Coradia iLint express trains of the French company Alstom have been running on German lands since 2016, the total length of transportation in Europe by 2021 amounted to 110 miles (177 kilometers). So far, hydrogen engines are present only in newly released locomotives, but manufacturers intend to do a similar upgrade of old rolling stock.

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