06-15-2017, 01:31 PM
(06-15-2017, 12:13 PM)Elmira Guy Wrote: Province eyes hydrogen fuel cells for electrified GO trains
http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/mobile/provi...-1.3460735
Very interesting!
I think the thing most of the Debbie Downers miss about this is that using Hydrogen is simply a different kind of battery for energy storage. If they go with Alstom, it's an entire system. Alstom provides the electrolysis facilities at the OMSF, which simply convert electricity to hydrogen (albeit a little more inefficiently than direct-contact OCS transfer). The train converts the hydrogen back to electricity. It's just a battery that gives you a much larger range than other types.