Trains in resource-poor Japan are increasingly being powered by renewable energy sources, as their operators seek to do their part in the country's drive to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 to combat global warming.About 75 percent of the total energy needed to operate trains currently comes from thermal power generation and Japan's transport ministry is aiming to roughly halve the sector's carbon dioxide emissions by the end of the 2030s from 11.77 million tons in fiscal 2013.In Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, green streetcars operated by Utsunomiya Light Rail Co. run along a 14-kilom…READ FULL ARTICLE
