Deutsche Bahn Replaces Diesel with Biofuel HVO

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January 5, 2023

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(SolarServer (Google Translation)) Deutsche Bahn (DB) is making faster progress than planned when saying goodbye to diesel. With 17 million liters of HVO biofuel, DB 2023 is already using twice the amount of biofuel in its diesel locomotives as originally calculated.

Deutsche Bahn has already achieved the self-imposed quantity target for the use of the biofuel HVO in 2025 two years earlier. The main reason for this is the conversion of diesel filling stations to the biofuel HVO . In addition, the positive experiences in operation have strengthened confidence in HVO fuel. DB already approved around 1,000 vehicles for refueling with the climate-friendly biofuel HVO in 2022, and the freight transport subsidiary DB Cargo has already approved the entire fleet with 800 vehicles for biofuel. The remaining 2,000 diesel vehicles in the existing DB fleet will also follow in the next five years. With the first measures to phase out diesel, DB will save at least 50,000 tons of CO₂ by 2025.

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When phasing out diesel, the group is pursuing a technology-neutral approach. For existing diesel vehicles, DB primarily relies on alternative fuels such as HVO biofuel, made from biological residues and waste. According to DB, the biofuel causes 90 percent less CO₂ emissions than diesel and no additional cultivation areas that compete with food and feed production are used for production. READ MORE

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