Italian company Sitav plans to launch new hydrogen freight locomotive

Sitav, an Italian rolling stock manufacturer, is launching a new hydrogen-powered freight locomotive in 2025. The company is planning to reveal the locomotive to the public in September, at the Expo Ferroviario in Milan.

“We have developed a project that has led to a prototype, which is currently being finalised”, Sitav’s president Antonio Ghiglia tells Italian media. “It is a locomotive designed to be used in logistics hubs, such as ports and interports, that is, all those places where the railway line cannot be electrified. For this reason, it was necessary for the vehicle to be self-powered.”

The University of Genoa organised a roundtable on the topic of hydrogen applications on 24 February. Among the attendants was Flavio Tonelli, a professor on the topic of mechanical industrial plants, who commented: “It’s time for Liguria and Italy to clarify the potential and opportunities of using hydrogen. Probably a 360-degree use is not yet …