The Baden-Württemberg Ministry for the Environment has now handed over the funding notification of almost half a million euros to the project partners of the FlexCharge-LB research project. The aim is to network decentralized generation units, intelligently control the charging infrastructure for electric cars and thus avoid local supply bottlenecks. We #AVAT will support the project with our technology expertise.
Often, e-vehicles are connected to a charging station for longer than is necessary to charge their battery. Time and thus shift potential that the project partners, the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) and Municipal Utility Ludwigsburg-Kornwestheim (SWLB) want to take advantage of with the support of our #AVAT control solutions. Together, we want to develop an interface between the grid control technology and the load management of the charging infrastructure. In this way, SWLB, as the operator of the distribution network, will be able to intervene as needed in the future, flexibly adjust the energy consumption of the charging infrastructure depending on the respective load of the network section, and relieve the network. This creates a kind of virtual power plant that networks the decentralized power generation units and charging systems via the common interface and coordinates their schedules.
The Baden-Württemberg Ministry for the Environment, Climate and Energy Management is funding the joint research project of the ZSW and SWLB with a total of 410,000 euros as part of the "INPUT 2.0 - Intelligent Grid Connection of Parking Garages and Underground Garages" program. The project will end in December 2021 and is supported by these companies in addition to AVAT: VIVAIS, chargeIT und Syneco .
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More details about the research project can be found here on the SWLB website (only available in German).
More about the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) can be found here.
