Truck Force One sees future in green energy
In international transport, the energy requirements of every truck are very high: auxiliary heating in winter, air conditioning in summer, plus constant additional consumers and GPS trackers put an extreme strain on the trucks’ starter batteries. Hungarian Truck Force One also experienced this challenge.
Huge cost
‘Some time before Green Energy’s solution, we had a problem with the starter batteries of our trucks while operating our fleet,’ says Attila Zöldi-Tóth, director of TFO. ‘There was one year when the batteries of one vehicle had to be replaced two or three times. Not only a huge cost, but also very questionable from an ecological point of view. So running the engines continuously was not a satisfactory solution.’
Problems disappear like snow in the sun with Green Energy solar cells
‘According to our experience over the past few months – with Green Energy’s solar installations – the problems practically disappear, especially in the summer periods with more hours of sunshine. One thing is clear: green energy is the future! This technology offers enormous potential. Maybe we can replace the diesel generator of a refrigerated truck with such a system!’
‘One thing is clear: green energy is the future! This technology offers huge opportunities.’
The savings
The truck of the application example was in operation for a fortnight before the installation of the MIPV system. After the installation of a 165 Wp set, data were recorded for three weeks. The data shown below shows that in the week with the lowest savings, 42 litres of diesel were still saved in idle mode.
This figure is from summer, when savings are greatest. In winter, it will be lower. But even if savings are made only from April to October, the model pays off. Thus, savings of about 500 to 700 litres of diesel per year (1.34 to 1.87 tonnes of CO2) can be predicted.
