Indian railways to get biodiesel
Indian Railways is planning to introduce biodiesel and compressed natural gas (CNG) as locomotive fuels in an attempt to cut down on pollution says.
Currently, the railways uses diesel and electricity, which is an indirect pollutant as a bulk of the country’s power capacity is coal-fired.
‘Successful trials have been carried out by using 10% blend of biodiesel on trains,’ minister of state for railways K.H. Muniyappa Muniyappa says.
Indian Railways follows the efforts of Virgin Trains. The company launched Europe’s first biodiesel blend train in June 2007 from London, UK, as part of a six month national trial.
The train was the first in Europe to run on B20 (20% biodiesel). In partnership with Virgin, biofuels developer Greenergy Fuels supplied up to 27,000 litres of a new B20 biofuel blend designed specifically for the trains.
Currently, the railways uses diesel and electricity, which is an indirect pollutant as a bulk of the country’s power capacity is coal-fired.
‘Successful trials have been carried out by using 10% blend of biodiesel on trains,’ minister of state for railways K.H. Muniyappa Muniyappa says.
Indian Railways follows the efforts of Virgin Trains. The company launched Europe’s first biodiesel blend train in June 2007 from London, UK, as part of a six month national trial.
The train was the first in Europe to run on B20 (20% biodiesel). In partnership with Virgin, biofuels developer Greenergy Fuels supplied up to 27,000 litres of a new B20 biofuel blend designed specifically for the trains.
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