The 17th edition of Key Energy kicks off

Within the framework of the international exhibition Key Energy in Rimini, Italferr - the FS Group's infrastructure engineering company - participated together with the Group at the 'Sustainable City & Mobility' pavilion and had the opportunity to intervene during the conference 'The decarbonisation path of FS Italiane through consumption reduction, new technological models and self-production of clean energy'.

In particular, the speech on 'FS Italiane's decarbonisation path' was drafted together with the FS Group, in which Italferr dealt with the topics of technological innovation in the design of railway systems, outlining the scenarios for future evolution with a view to more sustainable railway transportation.

The presentation, given by Guido Guidi Buffarini, an engineer and Head of Italferr's Technologies Design department, covered three new development scenarios that our company is working on.

The first is Green Energy self-production that envisages the use of renewable sources to serve the railway world, and in particular for electric traction with the Energy project, the first plants of which will be built and activated in the next few months. In fact, the strategic plan provides for the development over the next few years of a considerable number of similar green energy production plants throughout Italy to achieve the self-production status envisaged by the Group's objectives for a total power output of about 2GW

Another highly significant scenario, with a view to reducing emissions, is the development of new electrification projects with the elimination of diesel traction. The new electrification works can be integrated with new energy self-generation plants and with the use of innovative battery-powered rolling stock in order to overcome certain critical issues related to interference with civil works on existing lines.

The last aspect presented concerns the scenario for enhancing the efficiency of the railway's electrical systems that provide power for traction and for stations. To this end, various technological innovations relating to the regulation and recovery of traction energy and energy analyses on the Group's stations and buildings were presented with a view to reducing absorption while guaranteeing the performance required by the system

These innovative development scenarios will  considerably help in ensuring an even more sustainable transport system to which Italferr, in line with the FS Group's objectives and strategies, will make a significant contribution.