The aim of these tests is to evaluate the effectiveness and fuel consumption of using biofuel in order to start commercial operations by 2025

Japanese company West Japan Railway (JR West) plans to conduct tests using biofuel on diesel trains operating on the Sanin Line by the end of 2023, according to the railway journal Railway Supply, citing Rollingstock.

Testing the use of biofuel on diesel trains

Local company Euglena will be the supplier of the biofuel. The goal of these tests is to assess the efficiency and fuel consumption of biofuel in order to begin commercial operations by 2025.

In the 2021 fiscal year, diesel trains accounted for 7% of the operator’s fleet, consuming 21 million liters of diesel fuel.

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