HydroFLEX, the first hydrogen-powered train in the UK, has been developed by fitting a hydrogen pack to an existing Class 319 train set. The Birmingham University and Porterbrook will carry out ...

HydroFLEX’s launch was scheduled for today. Credit: Porterbrook. The perks of using hydrogen as an alternative fuel are not unknown. In 2008, the European Commission had already identified hydrogen as ...

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VANCOUVER and DERBY, U.K., Dec. 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ - Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP; TSX: BLDP) today announced that it has received a purchase order from Porterbrook Leasing Company Limited ( ...

A revolutionary hydrogen-powered train coming to Glasgow to take rail industry chiefs on trips round the city during COP26 will run on electricity instead, The Scotsman has learned. Did you know with ...

HydroFLEX, the UK's first hydrogen-powered train featuring a fuel storage system developed by Luxfer Gas Cylinders, will operate from Glasgow during November’s COP26 climate conference. From its ...

It sounds like the plot of a Liam Neeson film – a train full of explosive hydrogen, picking up speed and barrelling towards an uncertain fate. But this particular journey ended not with a trail of ...

Hydrogen trains: Are these the eco-friendly trains of the future? Hydrogen-powered trains are arguably the greenest trains out there. "Mini power stations on wheels", is how Alex Burrows from the ...

You wait years for a new generation of environmentally-friendly train to come along, and then three come along at once. Just in time for COP26 – and for Boris Johnson to eschew his private jet to jump ...