{"id":706,"date":"2017-06-23T14:24:31","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T18:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/semba\/?p=706"},"modified":"2017-06-23T14:24:31","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T18:24:31","slug":"from-the-web-germany-unveils-zero-emissions-train-that-only-emits-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/2017\/06\/23\/from-the-web-germany-unveils-zero-emissions-train-that-only-emits-steam\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Web: Germany unveils zero-emissions train that only emits steam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-707\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/semba\/files\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-23-at-12.57.45-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/files\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-23-at-12.57.45-PM.png 1140w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/files\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-23-at-12.57.45-PM-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/files\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-23-at-12.57.45-PM-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/files\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-23-at-12.57.45-PM-1024x769.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/files\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-23-at-12.57.45-PM-400x300.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>Germany is set to introduce the world\u2019s first zero-emission passenger train to be powered by hydrogen.<\/p>\n<p>The Coradia iLint only emits excess steam into the atmosphere, and provides an alternative to the country\u2019s 4,000 diesel trains.<\/p>\n<p>Lower Saxony has already ordered 14 of them from French company Alstom, and more are likely to be seen around the country if they are judged a success, reports Die Welt.<\/p>\n<p>Testing is set to be carried out by the end of the year, before it opens up to the public in December 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The train was first presented at Berlin\u2019s InnoTrans trade show in August, and it is set to be the first hydrogen-powered train to regularly ferry people over long distances.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Netherlands, Denmark and Norway have expressed interest.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/germany-unveils-zero-emissions-train-only-emits-steam-lower-saxony-hydrogen-powered-a7391581.html\">Learn more<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><em>(INDEPENDENT)<\/em> &gt;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany is set to introduce the world\u2019s first zero-emission passenger train to be powered by hydrogen. The Coradia iLint only emits excess steam into the atmosphere, and provides an alternative to the country\u2019s 4,000 diesel trains. Lower Saxony has already ordered 14 of them from French company Alstom, and more are likely to be seen &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/2017\/06\/23\/from-the-web-germany-unveils-zero-emissions-train-that-only-emits-steam\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;From the Web: Germany unveils zero-emissions train that only emits steam&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3919,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[221,427000,425248,425622],"tags":[41478,4433],"class_list":["post-706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-from-the-web","category-green-leap","category-renewables","tag-innovation","tag-sustainability"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8b9n0-bo","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3919"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":709,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706\/revisions\/709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/si-mba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}