1. Carlo Mol, VITO (Belgium)
INTERACTION WORKSHOP EXPERTS – SHOWCASES E-HARBOURS “Presentation of external examples of pilot projects on e-mobility”
Carlo Mol, VITO (Belgium)

2. Outline Why ? Driving forces for electrification of transport
How ? Role of the stakeholders involved
Demonstration activities in Belgium
Charging infrastructure
Vehicle deployment
Demonstration projects -> Prepare roll-out on large scale
Demonstration activities in Europe
Questions

3. Short Introduction VITO
Mission : As independent and customer-oriented research organization, VITO (± 600 employees) provides innovative technological solutions as well as scientifically based advice and support in order to stimulate sustainable development and reinforce the economic and social fabric of Flanders.
Active in Sustainable Technologies in the field of :
Energy
Smart grids & integration of (PH)EV’s
Batteries & Ultracapacitors
Environment
Materials
Remote sensing
More information :

4. Why ? Driving forces for electrification of transport

5. Why ? Driving forces for electrification of transport
Economical : fuel cost reduction, …
Ecological : reduce global and local impact (urban traffic) on the environment
Technical : performance, comfort, …
Legislation : emission standards, …
Government : oil independency, strategic energy plans (EU Renewable Energy Directive), …

6. Ecoscore Validation ( www.ecoscore.be )
Several systems exists to define the environmental friendliness of vehicles, including fuel type, CO2 emission level or homologation legislation (e.g., EURO-4). However, these approaches are not sufficient to describe the complete impact on the environment. For this reason, VITO and other partners -including the Vrije Universiteit Brussel- have developed the Ecoscore methodology. With this methodology, climate change counts for 50% in the final score, health effects for 20%, impact on ecosystems for 20%, and noise for 10%. The pollutants considered are CO2, CH4, N2O, CO, NMVOS, PM10, NOX, and SO2. The environmental evaluation permits the combination of different effects in one indicator. The methodology is based on a well-to-wheel analysis. The Belgian government is evaluating how this methodology could be incorporated in the regulations, but at this point is is being used as an objective information source to compare the environmental friendliness of different vehicles.
More information can be found at :
This database is managed by VITO by order of the Flemish, the Brussels Capital and the Walloon Region. The data in this database are provided by Febiac and the Registration Services of the Federal Mobility Administration (DIV). VITO is not responsible for the completeness nor correctness of the data published in this database. The database has an informative role only,

7. How ? Synergies between sectors
Huge challenges on energy supply & energy efficiency in all sectors
Look for integrated solutions !
E-mobility + Smart Grids (RES) + EE Buildings + …

8. How ? Involvement of all stakeholders
Transport concepts : urban planning, multi-modal transport (walk, bike, public transport, shared car, private car), …
Electric vehicles & components : improvement of energy-efficiency of components & systems inside the vehicles, …
Infrastructure for electric vehicles : standardisation of plugs, communication protocols grid-vehicle, roaming and billing concepts, control algorithms for optimal coordinated charging with minimal impact on grid and maximum use of renewable sources, …
Political framework : supportive actions on legislation, incentives, … to stimulate the investments in renewable energy and infrastructure for electrified transport
Renewable energy sources,Intelligent houses, energy effciency electricity/gas/heat/cold, ….

9. Outline Why ? Driving forces for electrification of transport
How ? Role of the stakeholders involved
Demonstration activities in Belgium
Charging infrastructure
Vehicle deployment
Demonstration projects -> Prepare roll-out on large scale
Demonstration activities in Europe
Conclusions

10. How ? Policies for Vehicle Demonstration & Deployment in Belgium
No official “action plan electric mobility” for Belgium published (yet)
no numbers on expected EV & charging infrastructure
Visions, studies and efforts (on federal and regional level) ongoing to support the transition of the local automotive industry to “green, clean and safe”
taskforce automotive since 2005, studies on “car and factory of the future”, BBL study, VIM study, …
broader government vision statements like “Flanders in Action” : breakthrough projects on “green and dynamic urban region” : smart cities = intelligent energy networks + housing + e-mobility
Most R&D&D funding schemes in Belgium are bottom-up and not thematical oriented
One specific call for “Living Labs” on e-mobility begin 2011 !!!
Open issues :
Who does what (governments vs industry) ? Huge investments are needed on charging infrastructure, EV’s, … Which business models are economicaly viable ?

11. Initiatives on charging infrastructure
A lot of (new) players on the market

12. Initiatives on charging infrastructure
New ideas under development : on conductive & inductive charging (CED project)

13. Initiatives on charging infrastructure
Up to now private companies, parking spots and some public charging spots
Call for living labs in Flanders will give a boost to demonstration of new technologies (20 m€)

14. Initiatives on vehicle deployment
First trials in small numbers started :
OEM activities :
Other EVs on the road :

15. Initiatives on vehicle deployment
Don’t forget heavy-duty vehicles
First demo’s in very small numbers started

16. Demonstration Projects Belgium
@ Home level : LINEAR
@ Parking level : SPARC
@ Public level : Call for Living Labs 2011 : Platforms to demonstrate following aspects :
Mobility
Automotive
Energy
Demonstration of new technologies but also new business & service models
Role of (new) stakeholders
Regulation : barriers, …
User acceptance …

17. Demonstration Projects
Linear : Breakthrough project: Smart energy supply in Flanders
Local Intelligent Networks and Energy Active Regions
Large demonstration & deployment project on smart grids – smart homes, which also includes an e-mobility part
Budget 40 m€, funding 10 m€, 5 years project, started in 2009
Collaborative Innovation project with Flemish Industrial and academic partners

18. Demonstration Projects
Linear : Breakthrough project: Smart energy supply in Flanders
Fieldtest with minimum 200 up to 1000 houses where “demand side management” will be demonstrated on a residential and district level, the flexibility of electric vehicles is also of high interest in this project, the exact fleet number of electric vehicles incorporated in the field test is not yet know

19. SPARC Services Smart  Intelligent algorithms and architecture
Plugin Automobiles  OEM independent PHEVs
Renewable  Optimize Green Energy
Charging  Charge while parked (parking+home)
Services  Integrated with key car services
(car parking, car leasing)

20. Project Scope Proof-of- Concept
Context
Business Models
User studies
Integration of nearby renewable energy sources
Load shaping for parallel charging scenarios
LEASE
Smart Power Grid
Key Vehicle Services
Charge Anywhere
Car/Driver authentication
Accurate, fraud-sensitive invoicing
Scalable to mass market
Proof-of-
Concept
Home
Large
Car Parkings
Charging Station
Electrical Vehicle Charging Infrastructure

21. Project Scope Electrical Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Challenges
Many interested market players,
No clear (profitable) business models
User preferences,
behavior
Define novel algrithms that create optimized value for grid operator, optimize renewable energy
Scalability? Load shaping?
Location of intelligence?
LEASE
Smart Power Grid
Open service architecture
Authentication: car versus driver?
Algorithms to detect fraude
Scalability?
Key Vehicle Services
Home
Large
Car Parkings
Charging Station
Electrical Vehicle Charging Infrastructure

22. SPARC Partners

23. Demonstration Projects
EIT – KIC – InnoEnergy
EIT – KIC : aim is closing the knowledge triangle “education-research-innovation” and make sure that research results gets valorized quicker in Europe
VITO is part of the Energy related KIC (InnoEnergy) within the co-location BeNeLux, our focus is “smart cities” which integrates energy efficient buildings, smart grids and electric transport in a city environment
First research project related to vehicles within co-location BeNeLux = EVCity “Business & services models to support the roll-out of electric vehicles in cities”

24. Platforms for information exchange
Belgian platforms
Flanders’ DRIVE, Agoria Automotive, Federauto, AVERE/ASBE, …
VSGP : Flemish Smart Grids Platform
Grouping the Flemish industry to demonstrate new technologies in the domain of smart grids
VITO is leading the working group “Grid Connected Vehicles” which deals with the infrastructure needed for charging the P(H)EVs and which is at the moment preparing different demonstration & deployment projects
IEA – IA – Hybrid & Electric Vehicles
VITO is representative of Belgium in the ExCo meetings and is also Operating Agent of the Annex “Heavy-duty hybrid vehicles”
Very good example of collaboration between USA and EU

25. Outline Why ? Driving forces for electrification of transport
How ? Role of the stakeholders involved
Demonstration activities in Belgium
Charging infrastructure
Vehicle deployment
Demonstration projects -> Prepare roll-out on large scale
Demonstration activities in Europe
Conclusions

26. Demonstration activities in Europe
LOTS OF EUROPEAN PILOT PROJECTS !!!

27. Demonstration activities in Europe
G4V
“Grid 4 Vehicles”
MERGE
“Mobile Energy Resources in Grids of Electricity”
Green eMotion
“Development of an European Framework for Electromobility” …

28. Demonstration activities in Europe
Green eMotion
“Development of an European Framework for Electromobility”

29. Demonstration activities in Europe
G4V : “Grid 4 Vehicles” (
Analysis of the impact and possibilities of a mass introduction of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles on the electricity networks in Europe

30. Demonstration activities in Europe
MERGE : “Mobile Energy Resources in Grids of Electricity”

31. Demonstration activities in Europe
MERGE : “Mobile Energy Resources in Grids of Electricity” :
Deliverable 1.1   Specification for an Enabling Smart Technology
Deliverable 1.2  Extend Concepts of MG by Identifying Several EV Smart Control Approaches to be embedded in the Smart Grid Concept to manage EV individually or in Clusters
Deliverable 1.3  Controls and EV Aggregation for Virtual Power Plants
Deliverable 2.1 Modelling Electric Storage devices for Electric Vehicles
Deliverable 2.2 Functional Specification for tools to assess steady state and dynamic behavior impacts, impact on electricity markets and impact of high penetration of EV on the reserve levels
Deliverable 2.4 Functional specification for estimating additional investments in distribution networks with high penetration of Electric Vehicles
Deliverable 5.1 New actors and business models for the intergation of EV in power systems
Deliverable 6.1 Proceedings of joint meeting with G4V consortium

32. Thank you for your attention
CONTACT INFORMATION
Carlo Mol
VITO
Boeretang 200, 2400 Mol (Belgium)
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