Skeleton wants to make mining greener with carbon batteries

Dusseldorf The German-Estonian start-up Skeleton Technologies has received its first major order from the oil company Shell. With Skeleton’s “super battery” the oil company wants to upgrade its vehicle fleet in the mining sector. The technology, which is currently being tested in buses and trucks, should store energy as quickly as possible and accelerate the vehicle again in a short time.

As part of the project, dump trucks that transport up to 100 tons of material from the mines in one trip will be equipped with the battery. “Over the next seven years, the mining sector will be one of our largest markets with a sales opportunity of around EUR 95 billion,” explains Skeleton boss Taavi Madiberk.

Grischa Sauerberg, Vice President of Shell’s mining division, speaks of an inevitable transformation: “The challenge of decarbonizing our industry is enormous, but not insurmountable.” The cooperation between the oil company and the start-up Skeleton is part of Shell’s “Charge On Innovation challenges”.