100% of electric Dutch trains now run on wind power

[rangerrebew]

100% of electric Dutch trains now run on wind power

NS Dutch Railways has partnered with energy company Eneco to use its wind turbines to generate the energy

By Victoria Woollaston
Wednesday 11 January 2017
Eneco

Every electric train on the Dutch railways NS network now gets 100 per cent of its energy from wind energy.

NS Dutch Railways has partnered with energy company Eneco to use its wind turbines to generate the energy needed to power all of its electric trains. The pair had hoped to achieve this milestone by 2018 but managed the feat as of January 1 this year.

http://www.wired.co.uk/article/dutch-trains-wind-power

[IsailedawayfromFR]

I wonder why no cost of supplying this type of energy is included?

Yes, that's the reason.

[Taxcontrol]

The headline is incorrect.  The trains run on electricity, supplied by a grid where the authority for the train purchases electricity.  In order to make a feel good statement, part of the power supplied to the grid comes from wind power.

 

The press needs to stop reporting hyperbole and stick to the facts.

[GtHawk]

Dutch Wind Power!

[WingNot]

But.....Do they run on time?