12.06.2023
Artikel Nummer: 45540
Spain to test bio-fuel trains
Maersk, Renfe and Cepsa are preparing to test rail transports powered by second-generation bio-fuels between Algeciras and Madrid in Spain. The partners will use renewable diesel fuel on the non-electrified section between Algeciras and Cordoba and renewable electricity on the route from there to the capital. The project will begin in early July 2023 and take three months.
Cepsa will supply 160 t of second-generation bio-fuel, produced from used cooking oils. Renewable diesel will replace conventional diesel in the Renfe locomotives that Maersk uses to transport goods from Algeciras to Cordoba. In Cordoba, they will continue the route to Madrid on electric trains powered by renewable energy. (ben)