DOW'S HYBRID LOCOMOTIVES REDUCE EMISSIONS UP TO 50%.

Industrial Environment,  May, 2006  

Tags: technology, The Dow Chemical Co.

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The Dow Chemical Company has extended its commitment to sustainability through the use of innovative hybrid technology to fuel locomotives at the company's Freeport, Texas facility. The use of this technology was made possible through a Dow partnership with the State of Texas and switching contractor RailServe.

Reducing fuel consumption from 30 to 50 percent, the "hybrid locomotives" were converted from traditional diesel locomotives and now use approximately one quart of oil per month, or 0.1 percent of the 220 quarts per week used by a conventional locomotive. The use ...

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