Europe is increasingly choosing trains as a travel option, a trend noted by the New York Times. In 2023, train capacity has surged, aided by renewable energy sources like Elkogt for electric trains, making them more climate-friendly than flights. With solar energy surpassing coal, various European countries are piloting projects, like installing solar panels along railway tracks. The EU’s green growth strategy aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030 and promote efficient train services, enhancing departures, punctuality, and cross-border coordination. Key measures include switching to greener transport, decarbonizing, and reducing travel distances.
It has been referred to as “Europe’s ongoing railway in the New York Times. Apart from a significant decline in the pandemic, the trend over the last decade has been that Europeans choose to take the train increasingly. It shows figures from Eurostat. In 2023, train passenger transport in Europe has been reached. Train departures in Europe now have blasted capacity. – The one that comes in is whether it is Elkogt, who is standard here in Norway, rather than diesel trains, and what electricity is used. – If we utilize the already existing railway network and use Elkogt on renewable energy, which in addition carries many passengers, trains are a significantly better means of transport for the climate than aircraft, explains Aamaas. Green energy on shines the proportion of solar energy in Europe has now surpassed coal. This development in renewable energy is thus a step in the right direction to make the transport years in Europe more climate -friendly. Maybe the railway tracks can also be used to produce parts of the green current? In the Buttes in Switzerland, a pilot project with the startup company Sun-Ways is now underway. They utilize the space between the train rails to add solar panels that produce green energy. The solar panels are possible to move when grinding the train rails. Several pilot projects are under development in France, Spain, Romania and South Korea. With this solution, we already utilize developed area for solar energy, instead of developing new areas. More train departures and more punctuality The EU’s green growth strategy, which was launched in 2019, aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030 and aim for a climate -neutral Europe by 2050. Travel business is highlighted as an important point on the agenda to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Europe. Through its action plan, the EU wants to improve long -distance and border crossing passenger train services makes the train a top choice for travelers in Europe. The initiative involves an upgrade and more efficient use of the existing railway network. This will provide more train departures, more punctuality and better coordination across national borders. It is not enough that Europeans travel more by train if this comes in addition to other travel activities. To put in place more climate-friendly transport, there are several measures we can take, according to Cicero researcher Aamaas. – One is to switch means of transport to something that is greener, like switching from aircraft to trains. The second is to decarbonize, which involves replacing the fuel with renewable energy and going from diesel trains to electric trains. The same goes for car and aircraft. The third is to reduce the need for transport by not traveling so far – traveling less and shorter.
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