At last year’s Austrian Grand Prix, Formula 1 tested a new, more efficient power generation system that significantly reduced carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere.
The experiment was considered successful, so now such a power supply system is working again at the Red Bull Ring circuit, supplying power to the pits, to the paddock infrastructure, mainly to the teams’ campers, and to the Formula 1 technical centre.
This became one of the stages of the championship’s environmental programme, with the aim of achieving carbon neutrality by 2030.
The centralized energy supply system, developed by the British company Aggreko, uses biofuel based on hydrogenated vegetable oil, as well as 200 solar panels with a total surface area of 600 square meters. meters and powerful energy storage devices. However, the Formula 1, FIA and Formula 1 teams do not turn on their generators, because sufficient energy is supplied via the centralized system.
The press service of the World Championship cites very impressive statistics: last year, during the Austrian Grand Prix, CO2 emissions into the atmosphere were reduced by more than 90%. If in 2022 they were about 198 tons, then last year – 12 tons.
While there are usually fifty generators in the paddock, there are only ten in the Red Bull Ring paddock.
Source: F1 News
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