Fortum Charge & Drive India Pvt Ltd in agreement with BSES Yamuna Power Ltd (BYPL) has launched India’s first of its kind pilot project on load balancing in New Delhi.
The pilot project will focus on managing charging by balancing dynamic demand from EVs with static load input from BYPL in the smart chargers provided by Fortum Charge & Drive (Fortum C&D). The tenure of the pilot project is one year. Over the next few months, Fortum will analyse the project capability under varying load & demand response scenarios through its proprietary back end & Fortum C&D India consumer Appi, enabling smart and innovative model for operating EV charging infrastructure networks.
Three EV chargers
As part of the agreement, a total of three chargers (five charging points) will be deployed in Mayur Vihar Extension Phase I, New Delhi, built & operated by Fortum C&D India offering complete system integration and software as a service (SaaS) for operating electric vehicles (EV) charging infrastructure networks and customer interfaces to other Distribution Utilities & Charge point operators (CPOs). The capacity of the three deployed chargers will be 60kW DC (CCS), 30kW DC (DC001) (2X15kW guns) and 22kW (Type-II AC), respectively and will be transferred to BYPL at the end of the pilot project.
Load balancing
The current Indian manufactured EV chargers do not have smart load balancing capability. Hence, identification of right charger and procurement was undertaken in the initial six months from the date of signing the agreement. The new chargers have been integrated to Fortum’s Charger Management System (CMS).
More charging stations soon
This conveniently located smart managed EV charging station, which can charge five e-vehicles simultaneously, is co-located at BYPL’s 11kV substation building in Mayur Vihar Extension Phase I. The carefully selected site is a gateway to Noida and can be easily accessed by EV users and EV fleet operators. Depending on the response, more such smart EV charging stations will be rolled-out in South, West, East and Central Delhi.
The total electrical load of three chargers i.e., of 112kW, electricity charges, adequate parking of vehicles per charger, and EV testing arrangements will be managed by BYPL, whereas, procurement of chargers, smart integration with the back end (CMS), demonstration of load balancing by at different input load, and understanding the impact of reliably serving to customers will be managed by Fortum Charge & Drive. Before the deployment of chargers, BYPL will provision and arrange the load and parking mechanism.
Demand Side Management
The demand side management of EV through CMS & Smart Charging infrastructure will be undertaken on a fixed input mode from the distribution transformer). The input load from the distribution transformer will then be taken offline, to initiate the mutually defined frequency for impact assessment on EV testing under the defined load.
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Digitally-enabled
The smart charging station being set-up is truly smart and equipped with an ‘analytic platform’, which will help Electric Vehicle (EV) owners get a seamless digital experience. The EV chargers at the outlet are being integrated with a mobile application that enables end consumers to locate, pre-book an appointment and even pay at the EV Charging Station. It will be available on both Android & iOS platforms.
