Every Dutch electric train on the national railway now runs on 100% wind power after NS Dutch Railways partnered with energy company Eneco to use its wind turbines to generate the energy needed to power the nation's electric trains.
The eco-friendly ‘green trains’ began to run exclusively on wind power on January 1, 2017, a year earlier than planned thanks to the recent jump in the number of wind farms in the Netherlands. A joint NS Dutch Railways/Eneco website said that the 100% wind powered national train network can transport 600,000 passengers daily by carbon…
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