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Caribbeans

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Mon Jun 3, 2024, 03:41 PM Jun 2024

China's first heavy-load railway hydrogen station now operational



CGTN | 03-Jun-2024

China's first heavy-load refueling station for hydrogen-powered railways began commercial operation in Ordos, a prefecture-level city in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on June 2.

The station caters to heavy-duty hydrogen-powered shunting locomotives and catenary vehicles supported by hydrogen fuel cells and lithium-ion batteries. It is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 800 tonnes per year...
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2024-06-03/China-s-first-heavy-load-railway-hydrogen-station-now-operational-1u7Rqhxsvmw/p.html



While some talk about H2 colors and "efficiency", the country that built the biggest High Speed rail network in the world (in ~15 YEARS) builds the hardware for the future of energy. It would be funny if it wasn't so GD sad. After all, war & hegemony are much much more important - to those stuck in 1945.

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China's first heavy-load railway hydrogen station now operational (Original Post) Caribbeans Jun 2024 OP
We are soooooo far behind... Think. Again. Jun 2024 #1
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