SWEDISH BIOGAS TRAIN
July 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLSWEDEN will become this summer the first country in the world to operate a passenger train powered by biogas alone. Developed by Svensk Biogas for Swedish Kroner 10 million (GBPounds 750,000), the train will run from September, carrying up to 54 passengers between Sweden east coast towns Linköping and Västervik. There are plans to source its biogas - a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide - from waste dumps, where it is produced from organic material being degraded underground by bacteria. A European Commission note said this anaerobic ...
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