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Mitrac hydrogen and battery solutions for sustainable transport on non-electrified lines

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Hydrogen and battery technologies at a glance

  • Unrivalled expertise in green traction
  • Fuel cell designed and manufactured in house
  • Building block architecture for flexible solutions
  • New-build and refurbishment options
  • Widest portfolio of proven solutions
  • Optimised efficiency architectures and technologies

As a leader in sustainable mobility, Alstom has developed a wide range of green and innovative technologies to reduce emissions and pollution in catenary-free operation. Customers can choose from a wide portfolio of proven solutions based on Alstom’s unrivalled expertise in both Mitrac H™ hydrogen and Mitrac B™ battery propulsion solutions. Alstom partners with its customers to identify the best solution for their needs.

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Mitrac B™ of the Talent 3 demonstrator. Energy Storage Unit (ESU) including the battery, its thermal management system, its control electronics, and all relevant switchgear, cabling and piping.

Coradia iLint for customer LNVG, based in Lower Saxony, Germany. Operator is EVB.

Coradia iLint powered by Mitrac H™, start of service, August 2022, with customer LNVG Germany.

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Mitrac B™ Energy storage in test at Tarbes center of excellence

Latest proven technology

Rolling stock owners and suppliers can count on Alstom’s research and development capabilities, supported by long-standing experience. Mitrac green propulsion solutions incorporate the latest battery and/or fuel cell technologies and benefit from simulation tools and stringent validation procedures, ensuring that customers receive the latest proven technology, to power both Alstom and non-Alstom trains.

Furthermore, Alstom benefits from in-house design, development, manufacturing, engineering support and customer training capabilities for fuel cells through Helion Hydrogen Power, a subsidiary involved in more than 100 projects with 30 solutions in operation worldwide.

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Offering matching customer needs

Alstom offers a large portfolio of green traction products for hydrogen, battery, hybrid and bi-mode catenary / hydrogen applications. Our portfolio includes new and refurbishment options, where customers can rely on Alstom’s expertise to determine the best solution for their needs. Mitrac solutions can be flexibly adapted using standard and modular components alongside optimisation tools. Green traction products, in most cases, deliver better performance and comfort than a comparable diesel train.

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Mitrac solutions to reduce customers’ carbon footprint

The Mitrac portfolio is designed to lower CO2 emissions. With great traction performance, a wide range of autonomous operation options, we can even offer an improved service compared with diesel alternatives. For example, energy regeneration during braking makes the portfolio even more efficient.

  • Mitrac B™ Energy storage in test at Tarbes center of excellence
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  • DART (Irish Rail) exterior view in station

  • Latest proven technology

    Rolling stock owners and suppliers can count on Alstom’s research and development capabilities, supported by long-standing experience. Mitrac green propulsion solutions incorporate the latest battery and/or fuel cell technologies and benefit from simulation tools and stringent validation procedures, ensuring that customers receive the latest proven technology, to power both Alstom and non-Alstom trains.

    Furthermore, Alstom benefits from in-house design, development, manufacturing, engineering support and customer training capabilities for fuel cells through Helion Hydrogen Power, a subsidiary involved in more than 100 projects with 30 solutions in operation worldwide.

  • Offering matching customer needs

    Alstom offers a large portfolio of green traction products for hydrogen, battery, hybrid and bi-mode catenary / hydrogen applications. Our portfolio includes new and refurbishment options, where customers can rely on Alstom’s expertise to determine the best solution for their needs. Mitrac solutions can be flexibly adapted using standard and modular components alongside optimisation tools. Green traction products, in most cases, deliver better performance and comfort than a comparable diesel train.

  • Mitrac solutions to reduce customers’ carbon footprint

    The Mitrac portfolio is designed to lower CO2 emissions. With great traction performance, a wide range of autonomous operation options, we can even offer an improved service compared with diesel alternatives. For example, energy regeneration during braking makes the portfolio even more efficient.

Mitrac H™ and Mitrac B™ solutions key figures

  • 20
    more than 20 years of expertise in zero-emission technology
  • 200k
    over 200,000 km run by the Coradia iLint in passenger service
  • 1
    centre of excellence for Battery and Hydrogen based Green Energy Supply

Energy Storage System

Alstom provides onboard energy storage products and services as sustainable retrofit solutions replacing, or combined with, diesel traction. Refurbishing trains during scheduled overhauls, these solutions improve the existing fleet and avoid costly electrification upgrades.

The onboard battery energy storage system is installed as an additional package and can fit any type if rolling stock including locomotives, light-rail vehicles, regional and commuter trains.

Hybrid Dual Mode SNCF AGC Retrofitted with Mitrac B™

  • VMS RE6 Chemnitz-Leipzig, Germany

    VMS operator ordered 11 trains with 10-year maintenance in February 2020 with the support of ZVNL. Trains will be operated between Chemnitz and Leipzig from December 2023. After electrification of the line the trains will be operated as pure EMUs.

  • AGC dual mode train converted to BEMU power by Mitrac B™

    One of Alstom’s first sustainable mobility solutions was the dual‑mode AGC, the world’s first hybrid train in service in 2007. In 2021, Alstom, SNCF Voyageurs and five French regions launched a programme to retrofit five AGCs into battery‑powered trains to help decarbonise French rail transport.

  • Coradia iLINT FCMU for LNVG

    Alstom’s Coradia iLint hydrogen train, developed for LNVG, won the 2021 European Railway Award. The project proved that hydrogen propulsion is a reliable, zero‑emission alternative to diesel on non‑electrified lines. The first series hydrogen trains have been in regular service in Germany since 2022.

  • FNM HMU

    Ferrovie Nord Milano ordered 6 trains in November 2020 for Sebino and Valcamonica. Based on Coradia Stream platform, the FCMU will ensure the same comfort level as EMU version and the same operational performance as diesel trains with 800-1,000 km of fuel cell autonomy.

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Alstom Coradia iLint – the world's 1st hydrogen powered passenger train

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