Hydrogen-powered trains to be introduced in northern Italy

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Hydrogen-powered trains to be introduced in northern Italy

Reuters.com | Giancarlo Navach | March 26, 2025

MILAN - Residents and visitors to Valcamonica, an Alpine region in northern Italy, will be able to ride hydrogen-powered trains from next year.

The pioneering project, the first of its kind in Italy and supported by an investment of 367 million euros ($396 million), marks a significant adoption of hydrogen fuel for a rail line, despite the high production and operational costs.

The region currently uses polluting diesel trains, which will be replaced by 14 zero-emission hydrogen-powered trains made in Italy by a unit of French group Alstom.

This fits with the European Union's strategy for energy transition, where green hydrogen, produced from water electrolysis using renewable energy, is set to replace a portion of fossil fuels currently used in transportation and power generation...more
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/hydrogen-powered-trains-be-introduced-northern-italy-2025-03-26/

[Think. Again.]

1. Each step forward brings market scaling up and Hydrogen projects costs down.

We'll get there, eventually, but the longer we stay addicted to fossil fuels, the worse the damage will get.