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Marcus Fendt is optimistic about bidirectional charging: “In the United Kingdom, additional revenues of 800 to 1,000 EUR are possible for electric car drivers.”

Marcus Fendt: “Intelligent charging is possible immediately”

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Regulatory hurdles remain, but bidirectional EV charging is opening up as never before to consumers and municipal utilities. Marcus Fendt, Managing Director of The Mobility House, gives us the lowdown.

6.5 MW roof-mounted PV installation with battery storage at logistics company Postnord TPL in Norrköping/Sweden.
Sweden

Battery storage enables expansion of PV charging infrastructure at Postnord TPL

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Soltech Energy Solutions has developed, installed and commissioned a 4 MWh energy storage facility next to Postnord TPL’s logistics property just outside Norrköping/Sweden. This enables the expansion of the property’s charging infrastructure for electric trucks.

A robust and reliable charging infrastructure is essential for the further advancement of e-mobility in Europe.
Transportation transition

Thriving in a new electric driven world

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Across Europe, the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) is well underway. However, concerns about costs and range risk stalling progress. Russel Olive, director of vaylens, looks under the bonnet at what infrastructure developments need to be prioritised to keep pace with the move towards electromobility.

EBRD made a equity investment in charging point operator Edrive to support e-mobility in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Romania.
E-mobility

EBRD funds EV charging infrastructure in eastern Europe and Baltics

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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is making an equity investment of €15 million in Eldrive, a leading regional charging point operator in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Romania.

E-cars are booming in Norway. Now a grid operator is offering a special electricity tariff for grid-friendly charging in certain regions.
Nordics

E-car boom in Norway

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Electric cars are selling extremely well in Norway, and 2024 could be a new record year. Norway will soon be the first country in the world to have more electric cars than petrol cars on its roads. Grid-friendly charging is now being promoted.

Solar charging of e-cars is popular in Norway and in other European countries, but it should be also grid-friendly.
Nordics

Norway: Incentives for grid-friendly charging

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Norgesnett and Volue launched a scheme for lower grid tariffs to customers of the grid company Norgesnett if they charge their electric car with "short-distance" solar energy. This is the first time such a service has been introduced in Norway.

 A large crowd at the Sungrow stand at last year's Intersolar. New products for utily-scale applications are one of the focal points of this year's trade fair presentation of Sungrow at Intersolar Europe 2024.
Trade fairs

Intersolar Europe 2024: Sungrow unveils broad range of solutions

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Sungrow will unveil a lineup of cutting-edge, all-scenario products at Intersolar Europe 2024 this week in Munich.

 Eurelectric calls on policymakers to integrate safe data interoperability across all e-mobility-related regulatory frameworks to accelerate EVs adoption.
Eurelectric

Data silos put the brakes on e-mobility

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Meeting the amibitous goals for e-mobility in Europe requires a more interconnected ecosystem where data can be freely exchanged among e-mobility players to ensure strategic infrastructure planning, cost savings, flexibility and improved charging, Eurelectric demands.

 The energy management system of the installed wallboxes is also prepared for the future integration of photovoltaic or other renewable energy generation, as well as energy storage systems.
Portugal

Dynamic EV-charging in Lisbon

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Siemens Smart Infrastructure has supplied and installed 200 VersiCharge wallboxes with dynamic load management to the Infinity building, one of the tallest residential sites in Lisbon, Portugal. 

 Boudewijn Siemons (left), Acting Managing Director of Port of Rotterdam Authorit, and Vincent Karremans from the Municipality of Rotterdam commission the first electric charging station in the port.
Electric trucking

Port of Rotterdam builds charging stations for electric lorries

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The first charging station for battery-electric lorries has just gone into operation. More charging stations will follow. This is because the lorries mainly transport containers in the region.

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Sungrow's 3-phase Solution with the new AC Charger is an all-in-one residential clean energy solution

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The rapidly growing market of EVs must be supported by charging infrastructure in public and residential settings in order to fully embrace the transition to fully renewable electric vehicle charging in line with ambitious climate goals.


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This year the most important growth rate is expected by the C&I and utility solar market in Italy.
Italy

The evolution of the Italian PV market

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In 2022, Italy finally returned to Europe’s GW Club, with 2.48 GW of new PV systems installed. Alberto Nadai, Area Sales Manager – Northern Italy at Q Cells, analyzes the different sectors and the expected developments.

Anna Werner, CEO of Svensk Solenergi, the Swedish Solar Energy Association.
Scandinavia

Sweden: Small house owners invest strongly in energy transition

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Nearly 140 000 Swedish small house owners have now invested over 8 billion Swedish Krona (SEK)  in green technology, Svensk Solenergi reports.

The number of publicly accesible recharging points in Europe shows strong growth.
Power2Drive Europe 2022:

Renewable charging instead of fossil fuels

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The car becomes a mobile power bank when it feeds electricity back into the grid as needed. Bidirectional charging turns the charging infrastructure into an interface between the mobility and energy sectors. Power2Drive Europe will present Europe's largest range of mobility solutions in the renewable energy sector next week in Munich.

In Gothenburg, Volvo and Vattenfall are jointly testing if the wireless charging of electric taxis works.
Wireless charging:

Vattenfall tests wireless charging for electric taxis in Sweden

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Taxis are on the road for more than twelve hours a day. There is no time for long stops at charging stations. Wireless charging offers a solution.

Installed in three days: prototype charging infrastructure at the Siemens site in the US state of Georgia.
Charging infrastructure:

Siemens presents simple EV charging concept

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Quick installation: The concept for the innovative charging solution allows for large-scale installation as well as easy expansion and maintenance. The prototype was installed in just three days at the Siemens site in the US state of Georgia.

The charging infrastructure rollout must keep up the EV market growth.
Charging infrastructure:

Europe‘s electricity grid can support over 100 million EVs

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Despite exponential growth of the EV market and high electrification ambitions, the electricity grid will remain stable, reveals new study by EY and Eurelectric. However, it will take planning and coordination.

Austria:

Energie Steiermark deploys charging technology from Ads-Tec Energy

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Energie Steiermark, a major energy company in Austria, has recently deployed ultrafast and battery-assisted EV charging stations from Ads-Tec right outside of its company headquarters.

Electric transport:

Joint venture for European charging network for HGVs

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Daimler Truck, the Traton Group and the Volvo Group have recently signed an agreement to create a joint venture to install and operate a public charging network for electric long-haul trucks and coaches across Europe.

With its shipping container housing, the storage system easily withstands wind, sandstorms and rain.
Battery storage:

A mobile storage system

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The French manufacturer Socomec has launched the Sunsys Mobile container solution, a portable storage unit. This allows supplementing or actually replacing diesel generators.

This year’s theme for the 25th anniversary of Amsterdam Pride is “TAKE PRIDE in us”.
Pride week:

EVBox in the Netherlands celebrate Dutch LGBTQ+ community

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EVBox’s public EV charging stations receive colorful makeover to showcase the diversity within the Dutch LGBTQ+ community.

EV charging:

Contactless payment for EV charging

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Thanks to the integration of payment terminals from Feig Electronic into the latest EV charging station series Light & Charge from Wirelane, EV owners will be able to make secure contactless payments in the future.

With the installation of the private wallbox, the question arises as to which electricity should be charged.
Solar storage:

Storage units enable 80 per cent solar power share in electromobility

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Electromobility is directly linked to the operation of private charging stations, as a recent study by EuPD Research shows. With solar power from the roof of one's own house, the additional demand is covered cost-effectively.

EV charging:

Pulse Neo controls charging boxes

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Varta's home storage system is now equipped with the flexibly expandable VS-XMS operating system, allowing it to interact with selected charging stations without additional hardware.

The combined hardware and software solution ChargePilot enables smart charging and energy management for e-mobility.
Energy management:

EV charging and energy management in one system

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ChargePilot from The Mobility House is a combination of a charging and an energy management system, using both hardware and software.