A Decarbonised Railway can support the Power System Resiliency Case Study of Energy Hub Concept in Southwest Scotland

Transportation networks and power grids are two major infrastructures sharing similar duties and routes yet have been planned and operated separately. Transport is the second-largest source of global GHG emissions, generating more than 8billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO₂e) into the atmosphere each year. Railway electrification has become a global trend. In the UK, rail consumes ~4TWh per year, approximately 1.2% of GB electricity usage.