Agreement to purchase green energy sourced from wind and solar will offset nearly 700,000 tonnes of CO2.
SYDNEY Trains has reached a four-year agreement to purchase renewable energy certificates to offset the network’s electricity use and cut the nearly 700,000 tonnes of CO2 it produced last year. The deal, covering Sydney Trains and New South Wales (NSW) TrainLink services, was made with Snowy Hydro-owned Red Energy which generates clean energy from wind and solar.
Earlier this year former NSW transport minister, Mr Andrew Constance, revealed the government would push to power the train network with green energy by 2025.