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All Aboard the Eco-Express: Rail's Hybrid Energy Solutions

Green transportation is gaining momentum on U.S. railways

By Venessa Wong

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U.K.- and Canada-based Clean Power Technologies is exploring rail applications for a hybrid power steam technology that uses heat captured from exhaust, says president and chief executive, Abdul Mitha. The company has a deal to install such systems on refrigerated truck trailers, and plans to later adapt the technology for locomotives.

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