PV plant owners that want to feed solar power into railway networks face a technical challenge. Railway networks operate at a frequency of 16.7 Hz, but public power grids – for which common inverters ...

The process of electrification of railways, though crucial for achieving net-zero climate targets, is nevertheless far from being complete. Let’s delve into how high-power semiconductor technologies ...

The first locomotive to successfully use an AC (alternating current) three-phase asynchronous traction motor drive system was the German DE2500 diesel-electric in 1971, built by Henschel-BBC. DB ...

The UK’s rail sector continues to see record levels of investment. Last October, the Office of Road and Rail (ORR), the independent regulator that oversees Network Rail‘s activity, confirmed that more ...

The project team replaced a variety of AC switchgear, rectifiers, transformers and negative switchboards in existing stations throughout the Metrorail system, all while maintaining full functionality ...

In the first part of this blog, we had a look at how energy-efficient high-power modules contribute to the decarbonization of railway transportation. This part will focus on the future of traction: ...