Business model
DB Energy offers energy products related to traction energy and stationary energy supply. In addition to traction current and diesel, this also includes supply solutions for alternative drives and fuels in rail transport. Stations and other DB Group properties are supplied with electricity, gas and heat. The range of services also includes energy economics-related and technical services.
The traction current grid is the technical backbone of the traction current provision, for which DB Energy, as the network operator, aims to guarantee the highest level of supply reliability. The required electricity is fed into the traction current grid from renewable energy sources and traction current power plants, sometimes directly and sometimes via converters/transformers. In order to provide for diesel multiple units, there is a network of filling stations across Germany, which can also be partially used by road vehicles. This filling station network is to be gradually converted or expanded to supply alternative fuels. To enable climate-friendly rail transport on sections without overhead wires in the future, DB Energy wants to implement energy supply solutions for rolling stock with alternative drives. DB Energy also operates 50 Hz medium-voltage grids for the energy supply in stations and provides a charging infrastructure for electric vehicles on the road. The infrastructure of DB Energy is subject to different forms of regulation by the Federal Network Agency.