Heavy Equipment

World’s First Battery-Powered Piling Rig Hits the Market

Junttan PMx2e will help its owners to cut their CO2 emissions.

Updated on

November 11, 2021

Finnish piling equipment maker Junttan Oy has launched what it terms as the world’s first electric piling rig – Junttan PMx2e, which seeks to help builders cut their carbon emissions.

The battery-powered rig is fitted with two detachable 396kWh battery packs that replace the counterweight – and a 266kW electric motor – which offer 8 to 13 hours of use.

The Junttan PMx2e piling rig has the same design structure as the Junttan’s PMx22 diesel model to “mimic the use of a diesel engine rig as closely as possible”.

However, it does not produce local emissions and it makes “less noise when moving across the construction site”, which makes it ideal for sites with “strict emission requirements”.

Junttan’s electric piling rig reportedly uses less energy per pile and is said to deliver more power than comparable diesel rigs.

“This new, electric pile driving rig demonstrates Junttan’s commitment to helping our customers build a more sustainable future around the world,” said Pasi Poranen, chief executive of Junttan Oy.

A product of four years of research and development, Junttan PMx2e brings the future replacement of a diesel foundation machine to the market.

Aarsleff Ground Engineering, the Swedish subsidiary of Danish construction firm Per Aarsleff – the first company to purchase the Junttan PMx2e – said the machine will save about 35,000kg of CO₂ and about 14,000 litres of diesel in a year.

The company’s chief executive Niclas Brogren said, “It feels fantastic to finally be able to offer our customers a climate-smart alternative and a more climate-friendly construction site.”

He added that it was a great feeling to be one of the first Swedish piling contractors to meet the growing demand and interest for climate-smart solutions for piling work in the construction industry.

As the world seeks to cut carbon emissions, observers expect to see an increasing number of battery-powered machines of the Junttan PMx2e kind at construction sites.