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Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine

A type of engine that burns hydrogen as fuel, similar to traditional internal combustion engines but with challenges related to fuel storage and efficiency.

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Fuel Cells

Devices that convert chemical energy from a fuel into electricity through an electrochemical reaction, producing minimal emissions.

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Hydrogen fuel project (locomotive retrofit)

A proof-of-concept project to convert a diesel freight locomotive to run on hydrogen using an internal combustion engine (H2 ICE) conversion kit.

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Workshop facilities

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H2 internal combustion engine (ICE) conversion kit

A kit developed by DiGas to convert existing diesel locomotive engines to run on hydrogen.

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EMD-built Class 071 locomotives

Diesel locomotives originally built in the 1970s, which will be retrofitted for hydrogen fuel use in this project.

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Irish Rail Spearheads Europe's 1st Hydrogen Fuel Freight Retrofit

2 years 9 months ago

This Latvian center is providing Recovery & Resilience funding for the hydrogen fuel project.

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