Yesterday, Končar signed a purchase and sale agreement with HŽ for battery trains and energy storage devices, worth HRK 126m.
The sale and purchase agreement were for a battery electric multiple unit (BEMU) prototype and battery multiple unit prototypes (BMU), as well as the delivery and commissioning of six energy storage devices along the railway network of the Republic of Croatia. In total, the agreement is worth HRK 126m (EUR 17.2m). The Agreements were signed within the project “The application of green technologies in railway passenger transport” included within the 2021 – 2026 National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), with a 20-month implementation period.
The Company commented that the application of green technologies in railway transport improves the level of energy efficiency in the transport system and contributes to the reduction of noise and greenhouse gas emissions from transport.
Furthermore, battery electric multiple units (BEMU) will operate in passenger transport along the electrified and non-electrified railway lines in the Republic of Croatia. It will be powered by batteries along the non-electrified railway lines, while the classic pantograph power system will be deployed along the electrified railway lines. The batteries will be charged either from traction with the electric overhead lines or from the energy storage devices.
Also, battery multiple units (BMUs) will operate in passenger transport along the non-electrified railway lines in the Republic of Croatia. This will be powered by batteries charged at energy storage devices. The devices will be installed at railway stations in Split, Osijek, Varaždin, Bjelovar, Virovitica, and Pula.
Finally, Končar noted that with this new agreement, they are continuing the trend of developing products and solutions that reduce adverse climate impacts and transforms environmental challenges into opportunities for advanced technologies in mobility, thereby contributing to one of the most important goals of the European Union – the creation of green and sustainable transport.
