Sino-UK efforts set to spur clean energy use in refrigerated containers

A Chinese rail company has started selling low-emissions freight containers that keep cold without the need for fuel-generated refrigeration.

Hebei-based transport business CRRC Shijiazhuang sold 49 of the containers to a manufacturer in China this month, having developed a prototype last year in collaboration with academics from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom.

The new container was one of several innovations showcased at the UK-China symposium on clean energy utilization and energy storage in Birmingham on Monday.