Transport companies that operate electric-powered buses and trams can help balance renewable power grids by recharging batteries with excess energy, says Kelsian Group boss Clint Feuerherdt.
Transport companies that operate electric-powered buses and trams can help balance renewable power grids by “sucking up” excess energy during the day and using it to recharge batteries, says Kelsian Group chief executive Clint Feuerherdt.
“We could be charging a bus fleet and sucking up all of that energy ... as a solution to balance the grid,” he said. “When you look at our electric fleet, at the end of the day, they’re just a battery on wheels.” Kelsian has a joint venture in Sydney with electricity network operator Transgrid and UK battery storage group Zenobē. The companies provide the energy and the batteries for the bus fleet and own and trade the energy, while Kelsian stores it on site.Kelsian expects all its buses to have zero emissions by 2040-45 and will soon start operating two hydrogen fuel cell buses that have recently arrived in Sydney.
While rail links were the best way to move large numbers of people, rapid bus lines worked well when there were dedicated transport corridors, and people did not have to worry about getting on the wrong bus, he said.
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