1. The ecar Ireland Project Smart Grid Technology Watch Event September 18th 2014 John Whelan, ESB ecars

2. Agenda The ecar Ireland Project – Conception
Electric Vehicles in Ireland
Charge Point Infrastructure
Charge Point Management System
Grid Impacts

3. Agenda The ecar Ireland Project – Conception
Electric Vehicles in Ireland
Charge Point Infrastructure
Charge Point Management System
Grid Impacts

4. Ecar Ireland Program Government targets 2020
- 10% of all vehicles electric
- 10% of all road energy transport
will be renewable
Early supply of electric cars
MOU signed with Mitsubishi, Renault-Nissan and Toyota
Government incentives
€5000 grant
Zero VRT
Lowest road tax band
Accelerated Capital Allowance (Businesses)
Government taskforce to deliver other incentives
ESB is rolling out the infrastructure

5. Ireland as a Test Bed for Electric Vehicles
Large wind penetration
Limited range between cities
Type of homes
Good climate for batteries
Single network company

6. CO2 Emissions Internal Combustion Engine End of chain emissions 2010
2015
150 g/km
130 g/km
Electricity Generation
COAL
130 g/km
GAS
50 g/km
WIND
0 g/km

7. Agenda The ecar Ireland Project – Conception
Electric Vehicles in Ireland
Charge Point Infrastructure
Charge Point Management System
Grid Impacts

8. Electric Vehicles in ESB’s Fleet
Old Electric Vehicles from
Current Electric Vehicles – Allied Peugeot / Micro-vett Fiat Fiorino / Smiths Edison

9. Electric Vehicles Available in Ireland
Mitsubishi iMiEV
Nissan Leaf
Mitsubishi Outlander
Renault Kangoo
Renault Zoe
BMW i3

10. Other Electric Vehicles in Ireland
Smiths Newton (Celtic Linen)
Smiths Newton (Grange Builders Providers)
Smiths Newton (OPW)

11. All Major Car Manufacturers Have EV Programs

12. EV Components
Battery Pack
Inverter
Charger + DC-DC Converter
AC Motor

13. Agenda The ecar Ireland Project – Conception
Electric Vehicles in Ireland
Charge Point Infrastructure
Charge Point Management System
Grid Impacts

14. Charging Infrastructure
HOME / WORK
PUBLIC
FAST
6 – 8 hours
1 – 2 hours
80% in 20 minutes

15. Home Charge Points First 2000 installed for free
16/32 amps, single-phase
Fed from customer distribution board

16. Public AC Charge Points
22kW double socket (three-phase 32 amps)
RFID card reader
GPRS communications with back office
Internal MID metering

17. Fast Charge Points
DC – CHAdeMO 50kW
DC/AC – CCS 50kW
Fast AC – 44kW

18. Ireland’s Current Charge Point Network
851 – Domestic and Commercial Charge Points
805 – AC Public Charge Points
61 – Fast Charge Points
Total

19. Agenda The ecar Ireland Project – Conception
Electric Vehicles in Ireland
Charge Point Infrastructure
Charge Point Management System
Grid Impacts

20. Back Office

21. Agenda The ecar Ireland Project – Conception
Electric Vehicles in Ireland
Charge Point Infrastructure
Charge Point Management System
Grid Impacts

22. Power Quality Measurements

23. Charging Profiles (Slow AC) – Nissan Leaf

24. Charging Profiles (Fast DC) – Nissan Leaf – DBT FCP

25. Macro Level Grid Impacts

26. Thank You