Smart stores for clean mobility and a safe grid
11/27/2020Vienna
In recent months, VERBUND has commissioned three local battery stores at ultra-fast charge locations of SMATRICS EnBW in Austria (Wien Favoriten, Feldkirchen near Graz and Innsbruck) as well as at two locations of Allego in Germany (Bergkirchen and Heppenheim). Three further locations are scheduled to come on line by year’s end. With its innovative overall concept for complex challenges of the mobility revolution, VERBUND is the leading provider on the market. In the project SYNERG-E, VERBUND Energy4Business GmbH is marking the next milestone on the way to the energy future.
In the future, it will be possible to charge electric vehicles increasingly quickly. The new ultra-fast charging stations supply up to 350 kW of power. This means that a range of 100 km can be charged in only five minutes. What delights car drivers comes with huge challenges for the power grid. With increasing charge power for the newest generation of electric vehicles, grid connection outputs of up to 1 MW will be needed for e-mobility charging hubs. The SYNERG-E project takes up these challenges and the associated high system costs for the installation and operation of high-power charging infrastructure for electromobility and develops new solutions.
SYNERG-E: clean mobility and a safe grid
Exploiting synergies, connecting sectors
SYNERG-E addresses the sector coupling of energy and mobility, and is funded by the synergy call of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) of the European Commission. The project is being realised under the direction of VERBUND with the partners Allego and SMATRICS EnBW. Additional locations in Austria and Germany are being planned.
The term sector coupling refers to the networking of different areas with the goal of reducing CO2 emissions as far as possible through electrification on the basis of renewable energies and increasing energy efficiency. Electricity and heat supplies, transport and industrial processes should be considered in the round and subsequently complement each other.