Skoon and Riwal partner to deliver clean mobile energy on site

Riwal Hoogwerkers, rental and sales specialist of aerial work platforms and telehandlers, and Skoon, the online marketplace for clean and mobile energy have partnered to provide clean mobile energy on site. 

On a construction site, there is often insufficient (power) power available to charge and optimally deploy all electric machines. The enormous growth in sustainable electric equipment makes this challenge even greater. For Riwal and Skoon the perfect basis for collaboration.

Electric machines present a number of challenges. The construction sites where AWPs are used are often far away from the necessary network connections, making it impossible to recharge the built-in batteries. In addition, it is also often the case that AWPs are the first machines on a construction project, so no further infrastructure is available. For projects where the infrastructure is available, charging many machines simultaneously causes an overload for the power grid.

Skoon offers the solution by providing a customized mobile energy solution on site. These include battery trailers (up to as much as 150 kWh/ 90 kVA for trailer sized systems), optionally with built-in solar panels and backup generators. All batteries supplied are charged with green electricity where possible and therefore have virtually no CO₂ and nitrogen emissions.

In addition to these sustainable benefits, these renewably powered energy systems ensure that diesel machines are needed less and less. With current geopolitical changes, diesel is rapidly becoming more expensive, this ensures that electric machines are not only more sustainable and healthier but often cheaper.

Quote Peter Paul van Voorst
(Founder/CEO Skoon Energy B.V.)
"With this collaboration, we are improving the availability of clean mobile energy on a large scale. By making it easier for end users to choose clean energy systems based on data, it becomes more and more accessible to more people. Thanks to Riwal's size, Skoon's software tools and the integration of our software platforms, we are reaching faster the moment when clean energy is always available. This is how we are working together to build data-driven connections between Riwal's thousands of machines and the hundreds of clean energy systems on Skoon's online platform."

Quote Glenn Verburg
( Managing Director Riwal Hoogwerkers B.V)
With this we make another important step in our sustainability strategy where the focus is on investments in hybrid/electric machines and sustainable solutions to further reduce CO2 emissions." The partnership with Skoon is an innovative step for Riwal. It gives us the opportunity to serve our customers even better by integrating each other's software on our My Riwal customer portal. Thus, customers can easily hire a machine with a clean mobile energy solution tailored to their needs.