The implementation of electric buses allows a more significant control of the energy costs by the operator. Other than the diesel price, the electricity price fluctuates from minute to minute. The time of charging the vehicles, including own electricity production or implementing stationary electricity storage will have a decisive effect on the energy cost of a bus operator. Taking the planning, timing and route schedules of the buses into account to calculate the energy needs for the day, and choosing the right energy source (grid, battery, own production) at each minute in the charging process, becomes an extremely complicated process. Smart Energy Management systems will have a most important role in this. Bus companies who best control their energy consumption will be in the lead to win the tenders.

Moderator: Annelies Delnooz, Flemish Institute for Technological Research – VITO, Project Manager Energyville

Keynote 1: EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Directorate General – Research & Innovation, Rosalinde Van der Vlies, Director Clean Planet

Keynote 2: HITACHI ENERGY, Thierry Lassus, Segment Head of Transport

Panel Debate:

• EMPRESSA MUNICIPAL DE TRANSPORTE DE Madrid (EMT), Lidia León, Vice Director of Operational Centers, Spain
• TRANSPORT FOR LONDON, Tom Cunnington, Head of Bus Business Development, United Kingdom
• QBUZZ, Michel van der Mark, Program Director Innovation, The Netherlands
• ABB E-Mobility Business, Ulrich Kalex, CPO at Panion, Switzerland
• OCTILLION, Marco Martins, Sales Director Europe, United States
• HELIOX, Robert Kleiburg, Managing Director of the Energy Management Platform, The Netherlands

Location: Hall 11, Room 1122