据世界天然气网站12月31日消息 苏格兰正在进行一项将退役的电动火车转换为氢动力的项目。
该项目由苏格兰企业公司牵头，与苏格兰交通局和圣安德鲁斯大学Hydrogen Accelerator合作。
周二，苏格兰企业公司称，一辆退役的ScotRail Class 314电动车已从其格拉斯哥的车辆段通过公路运输至Bo’ness & Kinneil铁路。在那里，该火车将被改造转换成氢能，在非电气化线路上替代柴油。
在未来11个月内，由氢技术专家Arcola Energy领导的行业财团将进行氢动力转换，目标是向2021年11月在格拉斯哥出席COP26大会的全球观众展示该列车。
运输部长迈克尔马西森表示：“我们的铁路脱碳行动计划旨在到2035年使我们的客运铁路实现零排放，但为了最大限度地实现我们对气候变化的雄心壮志，我们还需要研究如何处理退役资产。如果我们能够以一种碳中和的方式将这些资源重新投入使用，我们将获得巨大的气候收益。”
预计氢火车项目将重新吸引游客对苏格兰铁路保护协会（SRPS）运营的旅游景点的兴趣，并通过租赁设施提供直接现金注入。
王磊 摘译自 世界天然气
原文如下：
Scottish Hydrogen train project progresses
Scotland is progressing with its project that will see a conversion of a retired electric train to Hydrogen power.
The project is lead by Scottish Enterprise in partnership with Transport Scotland and the University of St Andrews’ Hydrogen Accelerator.
On Tuesday, Scottish Enterprise informed that a retired ScotRail Class 314 electric set was transported by road from its depot in Glasgow to the Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway. There it will be converted to hydrogen-power, an alternative to diesel for non-electrified routes.
The conversion to hydrogen power will be carried out by an industry consortium led by hydrogen technology specialists Arcola Energy over the next 11 months with the target of showcasing the train to a global audience attending the COP26 conference in Glasgow in November 2021.
Transport Secretary Michael Matheson, said, “Our Rail Decarbonisation Action Plan sets out to make our passenger railways emissions-free by 2035, bretired stockut to maximize our climate change ambitions, there is also a requirement to look at what we do with the . If we can bring those back into use in a carbon-neutral way, there are huge climate gains to be made.”
The Hydrogen Train Project is expected to attract renewed interest in the visitor attraction, operated by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society (SRPS), as well as providing a direct cash injection via rental of the facilities there.