In India, Railways said that it will debut biodiesel and CNG engines after a successful CNG lab trial. A PTI repot says that “Minister of State for Railways K H Muniyappa said trials have been completed on trains and one power car of DMU train has been converted to run on duel fuel mode using CNG and diesel. Earlier, a trial run has also been carried out successfully by Northern Railway on engines hauling local trains.”
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Joelle Brink | Jul 20, 2009 | Reply
Not bad for a 156 year old government enterprise!
Flex-fueling with CNG as well as biodiesel will enable IR to cut its diesel bill even further by utilizing India’s own cheap, abundant offshore natural gas.
This is a model that could cut dependence on foreign oil and reduce emissions in other countries with natural gas reserves as well, including the US.