Trakcja PRKiI is participating in the construction of the “electric highway – eHighway” in western Germany. This is the first contract won by the Company since obtaining the certificate to operate in that country.
“eHighway” is an innovative project for the use of electric drive powered from an overhead contact line in heavy goods vehicles, carried out under the “Climate Protection 2020” action programme. The contract is part of the ELISA pilot programme, which, according to current plans, is to cover 30% of the length of German motorways, i.e. almost 4,000 km. The project was adopted by the German government in connection with promoting the use of renewable energy sources.
The scope of work carried out by Trakcja PRKiI covers the installation of overhead contact line elements on two five-kilometre sections of the A5 motorway – in the direction of Frankfurt am Main and in the direction of Darmstadt. The General Contractor for the contract, carried out on behalf of the road infrastructure manager in Hesse, is SIEMENS. This is the first eHighway section built on a public road in Germany. Previously the solution had been tested on test tracks, including near Berlin and Los Angeles, and in Sweden.
