A new format of e-vehicles charging stations was created in Great Britain: it may be deployed less than in one day at a standard parking lot. Segen, the biggest national distributor of photovoltaic products, executed an exclusive agreement for 6 months with 3ti company for supplying solar canopy with integrated charging station FastHub Papilio3.
This solution combines a solar power plant and 12 charging points for e-vehicles with alternate current and up to 22 KW capacity each. Solar panels of 20 KW total capacity are installed on the roof of the canopy, and the structure is equipped with two movable wings, the slope angle of which may be regulated to increase electricity output with account of the location and the season. The charging station is connected to the existing grid of the customer, and the in-house solar generation allows for reducing the peak load and to partially cover the consumption on the site.
The size of the system is compatible with 40-feet container. During transportation the foundation is approximately 12.2 x 2.5 meters, and after the solar canopy is set-up, the size grows approximately to 15 x 7 meters. The dynamic load control system controls the capacity distribution between the charging points; it prevents the transmission congestion even when several e-vehicles are charged simultaneously.
For the first time FastHub was presented in 2021, it is already used in pilot projects both in private and in public sectors in the UK including police and National Healthcare Service facilities. According to the developers, the interest to this technology turned out to be high from the very beginning, and cooperation with a major distributor shall make the access to such solutions easier for private customers.
Previously, 3ti company participated in the government-sponsored experiment focused on e-vehicles’ interaction with the grid system financed by the UK Department of Energy Security and Net Zero. The Papilio3 version supported by V2X was developed within this project; it allows for collecting data about the energy exchange between e-vehicles, buildings and the grid. Such solutions are viewed as an important element of future flexible and sustainable charging infrastructure capable of development without major restructuring of urban grids.
