Electric Worksite
In the Electric Worksite project, several major players are taking concrete steps to electrify construction sites. With a focus on, among other things, construction and civil engineering projects and street maintenance, the project partners have tested how electrically powered work machines can function in real environments in Gothenburg. Electrification in the sector is a central part of the transition required to reach important environmental and climate goals.
The actors within the Swedish construction sector have agreed on a common roadmap with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2030 and reaching net zero emissions in 2045. The use of electric work machines on construction sites, especially for energy-intensive earthworks of various kinds, is an important step for to achieve these goals and to reduce harmful emissions such as air and noise.
In the Electric Worksite project, 13 different actors have collaborated to show how electrified work machines, such as wheel loaders, wheel excavators and crawler excavators of various sizes, can be integrated into smaller and larger construction projects as well as maintenance activities such as street maintenance and snow removal.
The project has had a clear focus on the system perspective where work machines, energy storage and charging infrastructure have been tested in different environments to clarify the need for changes in technical and organizational surrounding systems. Efforts have also been made to build up knowledge and models and to develop a methodology intended to be used in a future system demonstration of a fully electrified construction site in Gothenburg.
The first tests started in August 2021 and the last test was concluded in September 2023. During the two years of the project, a range of both existing and future work machines have been tested in a number of different urban environments.
Read a press release with more information from Volvo Construction Equipment here
Final report
Final conference
On September 19 2023 a final conference for Electric Worksite and Electra was held. See the presentations here (In Swedish)
Project period
2021-2023
Partners
Volvo Construction Equipment, NCC, City of Gothenburg, Chalmers University of Technology, Lindholmen Science Park, Göteborg Energi, Johanneberg Science Park, Göteborgs Stads Leasing, RISE Research institutes of Sweden, ABB Electrification Sweden, Riksbyggen, HSB Göteborg, Halmstad University
Funding
The project is funded by FFI, Strategic Vehicle Research and Innovation.
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