By using XENON as a local energy management system, Fastned is able to avoid grid overloads, reduce both upfront and ongoing costs and serve even more electric drivers.
Fastned is a European operator of fast charging stations founded in 2012 and based in Amsterdam. The company's goal is to accelerate the transition to sustainable mobility by building a pan-European network of 1,000 public fast charging stations at prime locations where electric cars are charged exclusively with green electricity – in cities, along highways or at readily visited locations like supermarkets.
The company's fast charging stations enable charging of up to 350 kW and can provide an electric car with up to 300km of range in just 15 minutes, depending on the car type. However, high performance charging also translates to sharper energy demand, which calls for more intelligent energy management systems to keep costs low and energy supply more stable.
Fastned chose our XENON energy platform as the manufacturer-independent building kit to cost-effectively build a custom energy and load management solution. This solution optimizes utilization of the grid connection point and reduces costs. The Grid Protector module allows significantly larger charging stations to be built without needing to increase the size of the grid connection.
PV systems can also be integrated to harness local solar power and, with the help of the Peak Shaver module, ensure that energy usage is used and distributed for EV charging in the most effectual and cost-effective manner. By choosing different charging modes, the usage of all assets can be optimized and convenience for users simultaneously increased.
E.ON SE is a multinational energy supply company headquartered in Essen, Germany. It is one of the largest private electricity supply companies in the world and focuses primarily on energy networks and services and, increasingly, on how these can be converted to renewable energies. To achieve this, E.ON Energie Deutschland (E.ON) is driving the spread of smart digital energy solutions at the household level.
Dutch solar installer Soly has been successfully collaborating with gridX since summer of 2023. Together, the two companies have rolled out their smart energy management solution, Soly Brain, which gives Soly’s customers access to additional smart energy services for their homes. gridX’s energy management technology, the XENON platform and the local energy gateway, serve as the core of the digital infrastructure on which Soly has built its own energy management app and other digital end-customer solutions. gridX technology empowers Soly households to automatically and efficiently manage their electricity consumption, reduce costs and maximize the use of their self-generated solar power. Dynamic tariffs can also be optimally utilized, as the energy management system continuously balances solar production, energy consumption and electricity prices in real-time.
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