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Driving the Mobility Transition: Sustainability is the destination. Digital is how we get there.
As our societies strive to become more sustainable, there has been a revolution in many sectors to innovate new solutions to big global problems. In the last two decades, the energy sector has been undergoing ‘the Energy Transition’ - increasing investment and capacity of lower carbon forms of energy such as wind and solar. But with the IEA stating that global transport CO2 emissions now count for more than a third of total carbon output – and growing - it’s clear that the next big shift has to happen in the Mobility sector.
Japan Sees a World First in Battery Trains
The BEC Series 819, JR Kyushu’s DENCHA (Dual Energy Charge train) started running in October 2016 and is world’s first AC electrified, overhead power storage electric train. Between 2016 and 2019 the entire fleet of 18 diesel trains were replaced with battery – electric units. The range of the trains on battery power can be extended over time through the introduction of new battery technologies.