Kazakhstan Plans To Create Hydrogen Locomotives

2024-04-25 03:12:48

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASTANA, Kazakhstan, April 25. Kazakhstan plansto create hydrogen locomotives, Trend reports.

The corresponding plan is reflected in the Concept for theDevelopment of Hydrogen Energy in Kazakhstan until 2040, which iscurrently under public discussion.

Thus, according to the plan, Kazakhstan will implement a pilotproject to create hydrogen automobiles (primarily buses and trucks)and railway transport.

At the same time, in the future, this type of transport will beintroduced in large cities in order to reduce environmentalpollution.

Meanwhile, on September 17, 2023, CEO of Wabtec Rafael Santanainformed the President of Kazakhstan about the investment projectsbeing developed to launch the production of locomotives usinghydrogen technologies and their components in Kazakhstan, thecreation of an engineering center, and technology transfer.

Furthermore, Kazakhstan will receive 145 locally producedlocomotives in 2024.

Thus, locomotive assembly plant Lokomotiv Kurastyru Zauyty (LKZ)will supply 101 locomotives in 2024, in particular 57 freight, 26passenger, and 18 switcher diesel locomotives.

In addition, Electric Locomotive Kurastyru Zauyty LLP plans tosupply 44 electric locomotives. In the first quarter, the plantdelivered 9 electric locomotives on schedule.

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