5. Advantages of hydrogen-based rail traction

Hydrogen fuel cell rail traction offers a number of significant advantages over traditional traction systems based on fossil fuels or batteries. These include lower emissions, reduced noise pollution and more.

5.1 Reducing emissions

The use of hydrogen as a fuel for rail traction considerably reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. When hydrogen is produced from renewable energy sources (see § 2.2.3

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