At the end of 2020, the goal was reached after a transition that was both extensive and challenging, and more over required creativity, curiosity and a willingness to seek new solutions. In this work, Swedavia focused on both direct emissions, such as emissions from its vehicles and machines, Backup power and emissions during fire drills, and indirect emissions via producers and partners, where the focus is on reducing the amount of carbon dioxide emissions, i.e. the part of the life cycle they can influence.
The next step is to make the entire airport with all its stakeholders fossil-free and to help drive the continued work on the climate transition of aviation. As part of that work, they are now conducting a test to streamline and ensure charging of electric vehicles, focusing on their partners in the rental car business. The rental car operators at the airport mainly offer an electric car option and are therefore keen to optimize the time for charging before the next rental. The challenge on the ground is that the capacity of the electricity grid is low and the cost of deployment is high. As an alternative flexible solution, Swedavia is now testing Atlas Copco's ZBC 250 575 energy storage and two 160 kW fast chargers. Here, the energy storage system supplies the fast chargers with power and only when the battery needs to be topped up, it is recharged using the grid. This means that more charging of ordinary cars can be carried out during the day, as the electricity grid would otherwise not be sufficient. For the rental car companies, and Swedavia's staff, this means that charging is physically closer and that charging is done more efficiently. This means shorter lead times between rentals as service staff no longer need to leave the airport to find charging points. After completing the test, Swedavia will carry out an evaluation to see if and how such a set-up can be used in the future. One possible development of the concept could be to also charge Swedavia's work vehicles that are powered by electricity, since there is also a need for fast and efficient charging here.
The transition to a more electrified society is happening fast and in many cases the electricity grid is not enough. This is where our mobile energy storage adds the possibility of storage and adds extra capacity, by charging when the grid has a low load.
Facts about Swedavia
Swedavia is a state-owned group that owns, operates and develops 10 airports around Sweden, including the three largest cities of Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö. In addition to flights, Swedavia offers various commercial services in areas such as retail, restaurants, parking and real estate development. In 2023, the Group had revenue of about SEK 5.9 billion and has about 2,600 employees.
Charging of cars at Bromma Airport.
The service technician adjusts the settings.
