By Brian Ou Nile, VP Projects, Ireland, Schneider Electric
Encouraging more people to adopt power vehicles (both personal, public and business transportation) is the focus of government efforts to tackle climate change. The reason for this is that in 2018, Ireland’s partner had 20.1 % of transport2 According to the emission Account Environmental Agency Protection through Ireland.
Public support for EV is high – but the ability to cheap charging will be very important for the adoption rates. CSO’s National Travel Survey 2019 It showed that the most common factor in the car purchase decisions was the cost (65.7 %), which was the next largest impact factor – doubled with reliability at 35.7 %. With 18 % Considering fuel emissions, it is very good that carbon emissions are likely to decrease 37.8 % between 2019-2030 With the arrival of power vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles by 2030.
Then it is clear that in the strategy to meet the 2035 ban on the sale of internal combustion engine vehicles by moving electric transport, the closing consumers need to be assured that the use of electric vehicles will be as easy and costly as their pollution diesel or petrol. The integration of more low carbon energy and the integration of a better electrical infrastructure to supply it is necessary when and where it is needed.
How big is the challenge in front of us?
The Irish government has set a target of 950,000 electric vehicles on the road in a ten -year period in its climate action plan 2019. Ireland has a long road to achieve this goal, despite the current approach to the rise of EV. However, the adoption of electric transport is more spread by the use of personal consumers – businesses are also playing their role. For example, the climate group has signed up to 111 companies in it EV 100 movesIn which companies, including Schneider Electric, have pledged to launch a green flat policy, which aims to convert 100 % of its car fleet to electric vehicles by 2030. This has introduced the need to install multiple EV chargers in private trade facilities, as well as in public places such as motorway services and public car parks. There is also a theory with several projects in the transportation of passengers in which all electric buses, electric trams and more digitized passenger railways can be transferred.
After this rise in the e -mobility sector, we need to draw our attention to the potential tension on Ireland’s power infrastructure. As a result, the power infrastructure in Ireland is still connected to the UK’s national grid – this means that energy stakeholders need to plan forward to ensure that the new system is synchronized and also flexible, the use of electricity to generate electricity and use of electricity to generate electricity. ۔
The challenge of the heritage infrastructure
Since adopting the pace of adoption of electric vehicles, Ireland will need a significant increase in the grid capacity so that challenges such as demand can be resolved at high times. However, it is expected that the impact on the overall energy demand should be less dramatic. To target investment in EV where it will be the most efficient, when it is needed, utility has to create a model to evaluate new infrastructure needs.
An important factor of this is to better understand how, when, and where consumers would like to compensate – as well as environmental factors that can affect this behavior. Off the peak, the middle peak and the peak may look like a demand profile, it will be possible to identify where utility can be made. For example, if consumers embrace the smart charging model, the performance can be achieved up to 70 % and the amount of investment required in high voltage can be reduced. In Ireland, a Additional 1000 Charging stations will be installed in the next five years as part of a new Street Infrastructure Scheme, making it easier for users to charge during ‘out and about’.
Another key factor will be geography – some charging locations and their auxiliary infrastructure requires a network capacity headroom compared to anywhere else. At a more local level, this would mean that stakeholders in the energy supply chain will evaluate and expand the capabilities of all stations to return the data, so that the burden can be effectively regulated.
How can utility in Ireland help adapt to EV
The manufacture of electric vehicles on the Irish distribution system is a critical equation, but there is a lot of improvement in our electrical infrastructure, which needs to continue work. That is, by investing and deploying these technologies that give their worksheet and flexibility to facilitate their work 250,000 EVs up to 2027As described in the ESB’s 2027 project. This network of too many charging points at easy locations is the key to ensuring the adoption of EVs through individuals and businesses. This will pave the way for a smooth and stable transfer, which will reduce any collision on the road, which may be due to the sudden demand for additional infrastructure projects. With this approach, energy distribution stakeholders will continue to create a future of EV charging, contributing to the development of a smart attachment grid that can help new mechanisms such as off -retail tariff. This should reduce the scale pressure of infrastructure and capacity to provide consumers cheap, reliable and easy supply of energy as new electric vehicles are connected to the grid.
