- The company announced that it is now using twice as much biofuel in its diesel locomotives.
- DB says that the HVO biofuel produces 90% fewer CO2 emissions compared to diesel.
Due to the successful conversion of diesel filling stations to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) fuel, German state railway operator Deutsche Bahn AG met its target volume of biofuel usage two years earlier.
The company announced that it is now using twice as much biofuel in its diesel locomotives – 17 million litres – as was previously calculated.
Chief executive Richard Lutz stated that the company intends to invest approximately $1.48 billion in the expansion of new drives and fuels by 2027, with the goal of becoming climate neutral by 2040. Existing diesel vehicles currently uses HVO biofuel and other alternative fuels, but new ones, it relies on new forms of propulsion such as hydrogen and battery technology.
DB says that the HVO biofuel produces 90% fewer CO2 emissions compared to diesel. The group has so far approved some 1,000 vehicles for refuelling with biofuel and expects to do so with regard to the remaining 2,000 diesel vehicles in the next five years.