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Transport Decarbonisation Alliance launched at ITF

By Niranjan Mudholkar,

Added 24 May 2018

By Alstom and partner companies with the aim to catalyse the accelerated decarbonisation of the transport sector

Alstom joins other founding member companies CEiiA, EDP, ITAIPU Binacional, Michelin, and PTV. TDA member countries are Costa Rica, Finland, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Portugal, with member cities Curitiba (Brazil), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Lisbon (Portugal), and Porto-Gaia-Matosinhos Atlantic Front (Portugal).

Alstom has been engaged in the fight against climate change for several years through its sustainable innovations, its participation in the Conference of Parties (COP) events and its support for the Sustainable Low Carbon Transport Partnership (SLoCaT) and the Paris Process on Mobility and Climate (PPMC).

In order to help drive carbon neutrality in transportation, Alstom has defined its own strategy along three lines: placing energy-efficient electric solutions at the heart of its portfolio; enabling energy transition for sustainable mobility solutions; and decarbonising its operations.

As an example of its world-leading innovations, Alstom in 2016 presented the Coradia iLint, the world's first hydrogen fuel cell train. The regional train is completely emission-free and offers an unprecedented alternative to diesel trains for operation on non-electrified railway lines. Powered by a fuel cell in which hydrogen is converted into electrical energy, the Coradia iLint only emits steam and water. Alstom proposes the Coradia as part of a full system, including the trains their service, as well as the infrastructure necessary for fueling them. The train will enter regular service on the Cuxhaven-Bremervörde route in Lower Saxony, Germany, during 2018. Earlier this year, it won the GreenTec Award 2018 in the category Mobility by Schaeffler.

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