Hitachi Rail has agreed a contract with ScottishPower for the supply of 100% renewable electricity for their UK operations over the next three years.
The agreement will last for three years and amounts to 21 gigawatt-hours of a year of electricity.
Hitachi Rail head of UK and Ireland Jim Brewin said: “Today’s agreement to power our UK sites with 100% renewable electricity builds on Hitachi Rail’s progress to decarbonise both our business and the transport sector.
“This partnership with ScottishPower is a major step on Hitachi Rail’s journey to decarbonising our sites by 2030.
“To do this alongside another COP26 Principal Partner is really special and demonstrates that businesses with shared values and goals can work together to make net zero a reality.”
Hitachi Rail is one of the UK’s major train manufacturers and maintains over 200 trains at depots across England, Wales and Scotland.
The company has set itself a target of being carbon neutral at all its sites across the globe by 2030.
Last year Hitachi Rail reduced its overall global carbon emissions by more than 30%.