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Dutch wind turbines to power electric trains

Will Nichols
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Railway signs deal to source 100 per cent of electricity for its trains from wind farms by 2018

Dutch trains will start running on wind energy from next year and the country's entire rail network could be fully powered by green electricity by 2018. Under the terms of a new contract announced last...

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