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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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