The project focussed on the evaluation and assessment of energy efficiency technologies for railway technology and operation. The aim of the study was to create a well-founded database on the technical, economic and ecological aspects of energy efficiency technologies as well as an international overview of existing experiences. In doing so, both the promoting and inhibiting factors were identified as well as the effects of increasingly applied energy efficiency technologies in terms of economic and ecological advantages and the improvement of the competitive position of the railways.

In the first year of the project, extensive data research, numerous expert discussions and a survey of European railway operators were used to identify around 100 technologies and measures that could contribute to the energy efficiency of the railway. These technologies were assessed using a specially developed evaluation tool. In the second phase, implementation strategies and obstacles were analysed for particularly promising technology groups. The programme included numerous discussions with experts from Germany and abroad.
The results were linked to an analysis of policy instruments and implemented using a communication tool. EVENT thus provided orientation knowledge and was able to provide technical input to support future research and development. These framework conditions created by EVENT served directly to promote energy efficiency technologies.

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