(task) Dutch trains become 100% wind-powered | World news | The Guardian

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> Dutch trains become 100% wind-powered
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> All Dutch trains have become 100% powered by electricity generated by wind energy, the national railway company NS has said .
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> “Since 1 January, 100% of our trains are running on wind energy,” said NS spokesman, Ton Boon.
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> Dutch electricity company Eneco won a tender offered by NS two years ago and the two companies signed a 10-year deal setting January 2018 as the date by which all NS trains should run on wind energy.
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> “So we in fact reached our goal a year earlier than planned,” said Boon, adding that an increase in the number of wind farms across the country and off the coast of the Netherlands <https://www.theguardian.com/world/netherlands> had helped NS achieve its aim.
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> Eneco and NS said on a joint website that around 600,000 passengers daily are “the first in the world” to travel thanks to wind energy. NS operates about 5,500 train trips a day.
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> One windmill running for an hour can power a train for 120 miles, the companies said. They hope to reduce the energy used per passenger by a further 35% by 2020 compared with 2005.