To achieve our climate protection target, we are constantly increasing the share of renewable energies in the DB traction current mix. By 2038 at the latest, we want to operate electrified DB rail transport in Germany entirely with electricity from renewable energies.

The data for 2024 represents a forecast as of February 2025. The data for 2023 corresponds to the status of the statutory electricity labeling pursuant to the German Energy Industry Act (November 2024) and may therefore deviate from the preliminary disclosures in the 2023 Integrated Report.
* Since 2023, the share of renewable energies is presented separately without support from the Renewable Energy Sources Act (Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz; EEG).

In 2024, the share of renewable energies in the DB traction current mix in Germany was further increased based on preliminary figures. By way of concluding further long-term power purchase agreements in 2024, we will continue to expand the share of renewable energies in the DB traction current mix in Germany in the future.

Climate-friendly mobility and logistics require climate-friendly energy generation. DB Energy conducted a market survey in 2024to identify potential locations, alternative technical concepts and economic framework conditions for climate-friendly power plant capacities. The knowledge gained from the market exploration is to be used for the design of future tender procedures. In 2024, DB Energy completed the planning and installation of a 290 kWp photovoltaics (PV)system on the roof of the ICE depot in Leipzig. A second-life battery storage system from encore No. 120 was also installed in the system. The planning and management of five PV systems on concourse buildings and platform roofs of passenger stations began in 2024. Installing and commissioning these systems is planned for 2025. As passengers on electrified DB long-distance services in Germany continue to travel with 100% eco-power No. 1, electrified DB long-distance rail passenger transport remained the most climate-friendly motorized means of transport in 2024.

The expansion of renewable energies in Germany also presents challenges. Instead of a small number of large fossil-fuel power plants with a constant energy supply, we need to upgrade our infrastructure to accommodate an increasingly decentralized energy supply from smaller, renewable electricity producers with a volatile performance. LuFV III enables us to carry out necessary infrastructure measures in the German traction current grid.

By 2030, DB Energy plans to build seven new converter plants, two of which are already in regular operation, one in trial operation and one under construction. We also use sensors and AI so that we can continue to manage the increased complexity of the traction current grid in future with high supply reliability.