Recharging Terminal Design supports electric car infrastructure.
Press Release Summary:
Blueprint has been developed for base design of TVA Smart Modal Area Recharge Terminal (SMART), featuring capacity for 10-space public electric vehicle charging facility incorporating solar PV power generating equipment with local battery storage. Able to be used as basis for publically deployed electric vehicle charging infrastructure, modular nature allows for upsizing and downsizing number of parking spaces, amount of solar PVs, and capacity of battery storage.
Original Press Release:
Tennessee Valley Authority SMART Station Project Smart Modal Area Recharge Terminal Volume 1 - Base Design Report
A blueprint for the base design of the TVA Smart Modal Area Recharge Terminal (SMART) with capacity for a 10 space public electric vehicle charging facility incorporating solar photovoltaic power generating equipment with local battery storage has been developed. The design methodology allows for both technical feasibility and cost evaluation by offering an integrated process and approach for providing a fully engineered system. Our objective was to offer a base design that can be used as a basis for such publically deployed electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The design approach is modular allowing for both upsizing and downsizing the number of parking spaces, the amount of solar photovoltaics and the capacity of battery storage. The results from development of the base design are being used as the basis for ongoing efforts to deploy a number of public charging stations throughout the Tennessee Valley and beyond. Understanding how the public will interact with this new infrastructure will allow future deployment of charging hardware in a manner that best meets the needs of the driving public.
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Don Kintner
EPRI
dkintner@epri.com
704-595-2506
