Project results are expected to contribute to all the following outcomes:
Improved designs, architectures and models of interoperable multipoint megawatt
charging systems for future mass deployment of Heavy-Duty trucks and concepts for
managing their grid impact.
Tools to identify the energy needs and the charging profiles of the electric vehicles that
are expected to charge on megawatt charging systems.
Integrated and flexible interaction control and energy management based on
interoperable and open protocols between on-board and off-board charging-related
components and the local grid demand flexibility providers, renewable electricity
generation and energy storage systems.
Improved modelling of the optimal geographical locations for large-scale megawatt
charging hubs for Heavy and Medium Duty Vehicles and multiplexed Light Duty
passenger/commercial vehicles usage at traffic peak times while also considering the
relevant challenges to the grids and their mitigation with smart charging concepts, in
consideration of locally available energy grids capacities and local energy storage.
Tools and services for planning, operation, availability and reliability of the overall
megawatt charging multipoint hubs from users’ perspectives (vehicle driver, fleet
manager) and grid operators and energy providers.
Highly energy efficient megawatt-charging hubs, also with optimal utilisation of multipoint megawatt charging stations for HDV-users but also considering other types of
vehicles.
The proposed concept for a charging stations with at least four flexible megawatt
charging points of 1MW or more will be demonstrated at the end of the project, each of
these points being in turn also capable of recharging at least four lighter vehicles.
