The Practical Sustainability Pinboard on electric charging stations contains a lot of information for meeting venues and hotels looking to start using charging stations. The podcasts, blog posts, and infographics include terms that are common in the world of charging stations. We list them for you:
Grant schemes through which companies fiscally advantageous can invest in environmentally friendly assets and techniques. MIA stands for "Environmental Investment Allowance" and Vamil for "Random Depreciation of Environmental Investments. Unfortunately, the MIA and Vamil subsidy schemes are not valid for locations, if the charging stations are intended for guests.
Charging station suppliers often offer two options: the "management model" and the "operation model". In the management model, the location buys the charging posts. The location pays for the charging posts and then truly owns them. It can decide what price it charges for the electricity. In addition, it decides itself whether it wants to close the site on which the charging posts are located.
In the operating model, the charging poles are on loan from the supplier. The advantage of this is that there are no investment costs for the site. It receives a fee for the electricity supplied. So the power still comes from the location, not from the supplier of the charging stations. The disadvantage is that the location cannot set the price itself. Nor can the site be closed in all cases. That depends on usage. If guests make sufficient use of the charging stations, the operating model may still be attractive to the supplier and the site may still not be accessible for parts of the day/night.
Fast charging is something you see a lot along the motorway. Car owners want to charge their cars as quickly as possible. Often, a quick charger manages to do this in around 20 minutes. These chargers have a charging capacity of around 150 kW. This is often too much for the power a location can supply. Besides fast charging, there is also ultra-fast charging. In theory, this allows 100 kilometres to be recharged in less than 3 minutes.
Smart charging is a term that exists at two levels: micro and macro level. At the micro level, it means that the power provided by a location for the charging posts is distributed evenly among all charging posts currently in use. Are there 4 charging poles occupied, then the power is distributed evenly among those 4 charging poles.
At the macro level, smart charging means optimal use of the entire grid infrastructure. On the grid, surpluses or deficits arise because there is more or less wind, there is or is not sunshine, etcetera. Differences arise particularly with renewable energy. So in this case, smart charging means that charging stations can supply more when there is a surplus.
A charging point does not always equal a charging station. For business use, there are charging stations with two charging points. So fewer charging stations are then needed to supply cars with power.
Offering charging stations will soon become mandatory. From 2025, locations with more than 20 parking bays will be required to offer a charging station. There is already an obligation to install electric charging poles in new construction or renovation.
The entire chain of power generation and supply. Green electricity has fluctuations in generation because the sun is shining or not. Or because there is much or little wind. Finding the right balance between electricity generation and supply is therefore becoming increasingly important.
Occupying a spot at a charging station while the car is already (almost) charged. Other electric cars, which may need it more, are then unable to use the charging post. Read 7 tips on what you can do about charging station life here.
Software that allows the owner of charging stations to set the price per KWh, among other things. In addition, it can also set whether everyone is allowed to charge. The back office system also provides management reports on the use of the charge points.
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