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DB Cargo: Biofuel Helps the Climate - and Reduces Dependency
The diesel and shunting locomotives of DB Cargo will soon be able to travel the last mile of the supply chain CO2-free with a climate-neutral fuel. The so-called HVO fuel can be used to operate the railway logistics company's diesel locomotive fleet without any performance limitations, it reports. Extensive test series have shown this. With the biofuels, continuously climate-neutral supply chains for DB Cargo's customers should be possible.
As the company calculates, freight trains already save around 80 to 100 percent CO2 compared to road transport. DB Cargo reportedly delivers around 95 percent of its traction performance electrically. The remaining train performance is provided during shunting, in terminals and ports, or when delivering freight cars to the premises of DB Cargo customers. For this shunting service with freight trains weighing up to 3,000 tons, there is now an almost entirely CO2-free solution, according to the freight railway logistics company.
"We have squared the circle – we can run freight trains fully CO2-neutral for our customers with alternative fuels and the existing locomotive fleet without any problems. At the same time, we are investing in new technologies and will convert the diesel locomotives to hybrid technology," promotes Sigrid Nikutta, DB Board Member for Freight Transport.
The company wants to offer its customers customized climate-friendly supply chains – and "ultimately organize the value creation 'Made in Germany' climate-neutral." Many customers have already indicated that they are waiting for exactly this, says Nikutta.
"Sustainability – that's the new currency in logistics, and we are literally achieving it down to the last meter of the supply chain," says the DB Cargo CEO.
Michael Theurer, Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport, adds that it is an important step towards climate-neutral rail to make the existing fleet CO2-free with this new biofuel. For many companies and their customers, the climate-neutral supply chain is becoming increasingly important. Theurer sees this as a great opportunity for rail that should now be seized.
"It is an important energy policy signal, especially in these times when we urgently need to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels."
With alternative biofuels, older proven locomotives also operate without restrictions and without the need for costly retrofitting. DB Schenker focuses on biofuels such as the so-called Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO). This fuel is produced from biological residual and waste materials. No additional cultivation areas are used for its production, which would compete with food and feed products. The biofuel is also free from palm oil. When burned in the engine, only the amount of CO2 released that was previously extracted from the atmosphere during the plants' growth is emitted.
Translated automatically from German.
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