Our current pace of life requires easy, fast, safe and comfortable forms of transportation. At the same time, we are fully aware of the need to ensure that our trips finally reach “zero emissions” to ensure the preservation of the environment. Electric transport is, without a doubt, the ideal solution for those cities that aspire to improve the lives of their inhabitants, increase the efficiency of the services they offer and optimize energy consumption.
The electrification of mobility is essential to move towards the Smart City model that we all want, along with other measures such as photovoltaic self-consumption, smart public lighting, efficiency in lighting and air conditioning in buildings or digital monitoring of consumption energetic. For this transformation to be possible, it is necessary to have the commitment and involvement of companies like Endesa in carbon footprint, always supporting transport operators and the Public Administration as a partner.
Endesa In Barcelona, without going any further, Endesa Thanks to this, as Laia Bonet, president of TMB, explained, progress continues towards a more sustainable fleet, which "between 2021 and 2024, will have 210 natural gas hybrid vehicles, 154 electric and 46 hydrogen vehicles."
The country as a whole has experienced significant growth in electric city buses, from the modest 15% in 2021 to 18% last year. By 2023, the forecast is that the share will skyrocket until it reaches 50%. As Ramón Fernández Montojo, e-Bus Business Development Manager of Endesa The company collaborates in this process, always based on proximity to its clients. For Fernández Montojo, “only this closeness allows us to identify each of the barriers to overcome” to achieve success in a specific project.
The figures we have just mentioned are a clear indicator of the commitment of all agents involved in mobility, from public organizations to companies, to reduce emissions and improve air quality in cities through the electrification of public transport. Although the vehicles that already circulate on our streets are the most obvious sign of this transformation, the process that is being undertaken goes far beyond replacing combustion buses with electric ones. Therefore, the objective of Endesa X is to provide personalized solutions to the unique challenges of each urban environment.
The particular vision of this company is reflected in a succession of concrete actions deployed throughout the national territory. In Barcelona, for example, its latest projects include the installation of 119 inverted pantograph chargers, both in garages and on public roads, with up to 500 kW of power per charger. This technology, combined with intelligent software capable of integrating with other systems to create an intelligent and efficient network, is revolutionizing the way buses are charged at night to ensure they are available in the morning. In the words of Fernández Montojo, this is the tool that "will allow greater evolution and, thanks to the software, scalability in the future" of electrification.
In Zaragoza, Endesa X has already installed 76 chargers in garages, also with the inverted pantograph procedure, with a total power of 20MW. In the Fuencarral operations center in Madrid, it has managed to validate the charging interoperability process through an intelligent automatic charging system that integrates technologies from different suppliers and the operator itself, for a total of 20 charging points. Likewise, 40 chargers per inverted pantograph allow the transition to the electrification of large-scale transport in the city of Malaga.
This is not everything. In Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Endesa In Aranjuez and Valdemoro, it has integrated the electrification of the fleet with the installation of a photovoltaic solar plant for self-consumption, which has contributed substantially to decarbonizing the operator's activity. Girona, Badajoz, Leganés or Rivas Vaciamadrid are other examples of cities that have firmly committed to the electrification of their public transport with the help of Endesa X.
All of these projects are an evident example of how technology, digitalization and the innovative intelligent management systems developed by Endesa Other measures that facilitate energy efficiency are already changing the face of our cities. The ultimate goal is none other than to build much healthier and more efficient living environments that can truly ensure the sustainability and survival of our planet for future generations.
