1 GreenFlux Smart Charging Leading Smart Charging Lennart Verheijen
2 GreenFlux Smart Charging Vision
3 GreenFlux Smart Charging Proud to be GreenFlux Leader in EV smart charging solutions 20.000 connected charge points 61.000 drivers 100.000+ charge stations in Europe Access to Supporting 1.000.000+ drivers to use our customers’ stations 20+ countries International customers in
4 GreenFlux Smart Charging White label CPO & eMSP platform Billing and transaction management Remote management and support Global Roaming via open standards Smart Charging App Interfaces / API
5 GreenFlux Smart Charging What is smart charging? increase/decrease maximum charge rate
6 GreenFlux Smart Charging Why do you do smart charging? GRID DYNAMIC USER LOCAL CONSTRAINTS ENERGY PRICES REQUIREMENTS RENEWABLE ENERGY
7 GreenFlux Smart Charging How do we do it GreenFlux platform
8 GreenFlux Smart Charging Cloud-based solution Infinitely scalable Interoperable Independent Intelligent Works with any Unlimited number User input possible, Cloud-based charging station of chargers not required intelligence Blazingly fast Communicates through Any location, any Ongoing updates response open standards charger, any EV and optimizations
9 GreenFlux Smart Charging How do we do it STEP 1 We set the available capacity over time Power Max kW Time
10 GreenFlux Smart Charging How do we do it STEP 2 We distribute energy over time Power Max kW Time
11 GreenFlux Smart Charging How do we do it Power Max kW Time
12 GreenFlux Smart Charging How do we do it Power Max kW Time
13 GreenFlux Smart Charging How do we do it
14 GreenFlux Smart Charging Use case Head office of the largest Dutch grid operator 2013: 16 chargers at 250A 2018: 100 chargers at 400A Smart charging saved ~€250.000 on infrastructural costs Smart charging is active ~10% of the time, resulting in a 90% higher charge rate for an EV
15 GreenFlux Smart Charging Use case Electric Nation Project
16 GreenFlux Smart Charging Use case Electric Nation Project • 673 participants • 2 year trial • Over 130,000 charging events
17 GreenFlux Smart Charging Electric Nation Households come first Consumption by office building
18 GreenFlux Smart Charging Electric Nation Households come first Consumption by households
19 GreenFlux Smart Charging Electric Nation Households come first
20 GreenFlux Smart Charging Electric Nation Households come first
21 GreenFlux Smart Charging
22 GreenFlux Smart Charging
23 GreenFlux Smart Charging First iteration
24 GreenFlux Smart Charging Second iteration High Priority Medium Priority Low Priority
25 GreenFlux Smart Charging Third Iteration Introducing price incentives
26 GreenFlux Smart Charging Third Iteration
27 GreenFlux Smart Charging Third Iteration
28 GreenFlux Smart Charging Third Iteration Optimise time Default setting
29 GreenFlux Smart Charging Third Iteration Minimize cost
30 GreenFlux Smart Charging Third Iteration Optimise time and cost
31 GreenFlux Smart Charging Third Iteration At the end of the project: Reward paid as an Amazon voucher
32 GreenFlux Smart Charging Electric Nation project Learnings Smart charging can be a challenge 1. Data is crucial and not 2. Some cars do not respond 3. Some cars always available to smart charging signals are on timers 4. Possible network failure 5. Data costs can ruin 6. Limited bandwidth requires fallback scenario’s your business case with 2G
33 GreenFlux Smart Charging Electric Nation project Learnings
34 GreenFlux Smart Charging Electric Nation project Learnings - 1 Demand management is technically feasible , and acceptable to the majority of participants
35 GreenFlux Smart Charging Electric Nation project
36 GreenFlux Smart Charging Electric Nation project Learnings - 2 Data from smart chargers can provide a strong data source for building an evidence base for future developments Data shows there is a lot of flexibility in EV charging
37 GreenFlux Smart Charging Electric Nation project Learnings - 3 Informing and empowering EV- drivers is crucial in smart charging It needs to be easy
38 GreenFlux Smart Charging • Finding chargers • Smart charging • Roaming and Paying The best apps never leave the pocket
39 GreenFlux Smart Charging Electric Nation project Learnings - 4 Trial data shows that Time of Use incentives appear to be highly effective at moving demand away from the evening peak. The right incentive is crucial though
40 GreenFlux Smart Charging Start of charging time – Dynamic Tariffs
41 GreenFlux Smart Charging Start of charging time – Dynamic Tariffs
42 GreenFlux Smart Charging Start of charging time – Dynamic Tariffs This is great for the grid, For the energy supplier: not so much
43 GreenFlux Smart Charging What we now offer
44 GreenFlux Smart Charging Electric Nation project Learnings - 5 Waiting 15 minutes for a recalculation can be annoying
45 GreenFlux Smart Charging Switching to event-based algorithms
46 GreenFlux Smart Charging Switching to event-based algorithms Our developers call this “smart charging art”
47 GreenFlux Smart Charging Switching to event-based algorithms Responding directly to events: • Start of charge session • Stop of charge session • EV nearly full • EV full • High priority request from driver • High priority request from charger • DC charger starting a session • Sudden change in available capacity • New setpoint from energy supplier • New setpoint from TSO • …
48 GreenFlux Smart Charging Electric Nation project Learnings - 6 We can apply this TODAY
49 GreenFlux Smart Charging Why do you do smart charging? GRID DYNAMIC USER LOCAL CONSTRAINTS ENERGY PRICES REQUIREMENTS RENEWABLE ENERGY
50 GreenFlux Smart Charging
51 GreenFlux Smart Charging Beyond Electric Nation Continuously updating the algorithms Further integration with apps, metering platforms, charging stations, etc. Rolling this out commercially
52 GreenFlux Smart Charging Contact lennart.verheijen@greenflux.com +31 6 21 29 10 68 Project report: https://www.westernpower.co.uk/downloads/64369 www.greenflux.com Project summary: https://www.westernpower.co.uk/downloads/64369 info@greenflux.com
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