Beyond B100: SNCF’s ‘PlaneTER’ strategy for greener rail operations

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The B100 plant-based biodiesel is made from locally grown rapeseed. 2021, SNCF

Following the successful implementation of rapeseed-based biofuel B100 in Normandy, SNCF Voyageurs is also looking into Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO), batteries and hydrogen. RailTech.com sat down with Stéphane Chwalik, head of decarbonisation efforts for the Transport Express Régional (TER) fleet, to learn more about the company’s strategy. 

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bönström bönström|14.02.23|10:41

For sake of quality at service rendered to client, payer, now urgently redundancy has to be ensured, at electrification – and all the way!…
(No sudden, unplanned stops are accepted – at current “On Demand” supply chains!)

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Beyond B100: SNCF’s ‘PlaneTER’ strategy for greener rail operations

SNCF
The B100 plant-based biodiesel is made from locally grown rapeseed. 2021, SNCF

Following the successful implementation of rapeseed-based biofuel B100 in Normandy, SNCF Voyageurs is also looking into Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO), batteries and hydrogen. RailTech.com sat down with Stéphane Chwalik, head of decarbonisation efforts for the Transport Express Régional (TER) fleet, to learn more about the company’s strategy. 

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Author: Emma Dailey

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1 comment op “Beyond B100: SNCF’s ‘PlaneTER’ strategy for greener rail operations”

bönström bönström|14.02.23|10:41

For sake of quality at service rendered to client, payer, now urgently redundancy has to be ensured, at electrification – and all the way!…
(No sudden, unplanned stops are accepted – at current “On Demand” supply chains!)

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