{"id":82382,"date":"2020-09-14T09:41:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T08:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=82382"},"modified":"2020-09-14T09:41:48","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T08:41:48","slug":"network-rail-decarbonisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/network-rail-decarbonisation\/82382\/","title":{"rendered":"RIA urges Government to support Network Rail\u2019s decarbonisation plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.riagb.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Railway Industry Association<\/a> (RIA) has welcomed Network Rail\u2019s interim <a href=\"https:\/\/www.networkrail.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Traction-Decarbonisation-Network-Strategy-Executive-Summary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Decarbonisation Plan<\/a> but says the government need to give the \u2018green light\u2019 to support electrification<\/h2>\n<p>Network Rail has published its interim Traction Decarbonisation Network Strategy, setting out its preliminary recommendations for decarbonising the rail network.<\/p>\n<p>Plans include 12,000 kilometres of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/net-zero-emissions\/58508\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">electrification by 2050<\/a> and a key role for zero-carbon traction including hydrogen and battery technology.<\/p>\n<p>The Railway Industry Association&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.riagb.org.uk\/RIA\/Newsroom\/Stories\/Electrification_Cost_Challenge_Report.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Electrification Cost Challenge<\/a> report shows how electrification projects can be delivered at up to 50% less than some past problem projects.<\/p>\n<h3>Decarbonisation with zero-carbon technologies<\/h3>\n<p>David Clarke, technical director of the Railway Industry Association (RIA), said:<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cThe publication of Network Rail\u2019s interim Decarbonisation Plan is very positive, setting out a clear case for the electrification of intensively used passenger and most freight lines, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/building-decarbonisation\/74802\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">decarbonisation<\/a> of other routes through zero-carbon technologies, like hydrogen and battery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHydrogen and battery technologies are likely to play an even greater role in the medium term to reduce carbon emissions whilst electrification is being rolled out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis report, developed with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/tag\/transport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rail industry<\/a>, comes at a pivotal time, as current work to electrify the Midlands Mainline comes to an end, leaving the UK with no electrification projects being delivered on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Without further work soon, the industry will begin to lose valuable skills and the capacity to deliver these schemes, making it harder to deliver these projects when work resumes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a big opportunity for the rail industry to provide a clean, green and more connected railway, encouraging more people onto low carbon transport, whilst generating jobs and investment following the Coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut to do this we need Government to give the \u2018green light\u2019 to support electrification, support the deployment of low carbon train fleets and support the sector, so we can deliver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/planning-system-covid19-2\/79887\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an environmental, economic recovery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This green light need not wait for the final Strategy to be published, there are projects which should be progressed immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<div 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