TIG/m LLC Delivers Third Hydrogen/Hybrid Streetcar to Aruba

TIG/m, LLC is delivering its third hydrogen/hybrid heritage-style streetcar to Oranjestad, Aruba. 

“We are very pleased that we are contributing to Aruba’s goal of complete sustainability,” said TIG/m president Brad Read. “We are installing in the island’s capital, Oranjestad, the world’s most advanced inner-city rail-based streetcar system that is operated by using zero polluting green technology.”

The streetcar system in Aruba, which is committed to a fossil fuel free future, will be a example of zero-carbon rail transit. Wind farms on the island will supply power to their grid, which will then supply power to the batteries used on-board TIG/m streetcars, as well as the current used to electrolyse the water for hydrogen isolation, pressurization, storage, and delivery: a genuinely sustainable system.

The first TIG/m streetcar was delivered and has been operational on Oranjestad’s main thoroughfare since December 2012. The second streetcar has been running since July 2013. The third trolley has joined the fleet, taking cruise ship passengers to downtown Oranjestad.

Under the leadership of Aruba’s Prime Minister Mike Eman, Aruba has partnered with the Carbon War Room (CWR), the global entrepreneur initiative founded by Sir Richard Branson and a group of entrepreneurs, at the UN's Rio+20 sustainable development talks in 2012 to transition the island to 100% renewable energy by 2020. The partnership is intended to make Aruba a fully sustainable energy economy, with the Carbon War Room and New America Foundation working together to both devise and implement an integrated strategy for Aruba’s economy-wide transition.  An energy sustainable island nation will be a global first, if successful.