Electric Infrastructure Creation

The project is a feasibility study to demonstrate the ability to implement a fossil and emission-free infrastructure construction. In a follow-up project, which would be a full-scale demonstration project, other actors, such as the construction company and all energy suppliers, will be added as partners in the project.

Objective

The objective is to demonstrate technology solutions to operate major infrastructure construction 100% emission-free by electrifying participating mobile machines.

Implementation

The solution is likely to involve process changes and part of the project is to investigate how these can be realized at system level. This includes, in addition to investigating which solutions are suitable at the machine level (new machine concepts adapted to the changed processes, as well as associated charging infrastructure), also the logistics to and from the site, which is now being expanded from pure material transport to also include energy transport. A further question will be what level of automation will be needed to make the system not only environmentally but also economically sustainable over its lifecycle. In a fully electrified solution, part of a process change could be to vary the construction speed depending on the available electrical power. Here, input is needed from both customers, such as the Swedish Transport Administration, and construction companies such as Skanska, NCC, Peab, etc.