"We took a holistic approach to our sustainability concept right from the start," says Stefan Rieck, Managing Partner of the Rieck Logistics Group. "We want our own emission-free cycle as far as possible." In other words: generate solar energy ourselves, store it with sufficiently powerful battery technology and make it available to our own vehicle fleet via our own (fast) charging infrastructure, operate the building and feed the surplus into the grid.
Green prospects
Großbeeren was just the beginning. Further solar roofs are already planned: The second system will be installed on our new building in Oberkrämer next year and Rieck has already started planning for the sites in Rade near Hamburg and Neuss.
The entire truck fleet also consists of Euro6 vehicles. The conversion to e-vehicles has already begun with an electric truck and several hybrid cars. "We would like to be further along here," admits Stefan Rieck openly. "But sometimes it simply fails due to practicality." For example, there is often a lack of range, load capacity, the current delivery time and still the available charging infrastructure.
Rieck is proactively addressing the last point and is now building its own 180 kW e-charging station on the company premises in Oberkrämer. This will allow vehicles to be charged either in sequential charging mode with 180 kW one after the other - or three vehicles with 60 kW each in parallel.
"We are moving forward step by step," summarizes Stefan Rieck. "For maximum sustainability in our efficient logistics processes."
