Which fuel should mountain railways use to power their piste groomers in the future? © Pixabay/wasi1370

Maintenance & Service, Snowmaking & Slope Maintenance

Snow groomers: Which fuel makes sense?

Methanol or plant oil for snow groomers? The Grisons mountain railways (Switzerland) wanted to find out through a study which fuel really makes sense—and whether in-house production would be possible.

Thomas Surrer

6. March 2025

“Power-to-X” is the title of a study that was presented at the General Assembly of the Swiss Graubünden Mountain Railways (BBGR).

The study examines the feasibility of in-house hydrogen production by GEVAG (Waste Incineration Plant Trimmis GR) for the production of methane for

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