UK to fund five low carbon rail projects

The UK Government has selected five projects for development funding under its initiative to support new schemes that can help to reduce the railway’s carbon footprint. A total of £1.75m was awarded to the decarbonisation projects, chosen in the second round of the Department for Transport’s (DfT’s) First of a Kind (FOAK) competition. Each of the projects will receive £350,000 to adapt technologies for use on railways. The selected projects include the deployment of solar panels and a scheme that utilises hydrogen and oxygen to produce steam to power rail engines.