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"Three projects targeting three key planks of electric vehicle integration –
kerb-side charging, ultra-fast charging and vehicle to grid charging – have won
federal government backing through Arena.
Flow Power, Essential Energy and a cooperative research team out of the
University of Technology Sydney (UTS) each received funding this week from
Arena’s Driving the Nation Program, to support their EV-focused projects.
The biggest chunk of money goes to renewables focused retailer, Flow Power,
with just over $18 million going towards its plans to build and operate a
network of ultrafast EV charging stations across the east coast of Australia,
in partnership with Gridserve Global.
Arena says the roughly $70 million Flow Power Highway project will deliver up
to 84 dual-port BEV chargers (168 charging bays) across a minimum of 10
charging facilities, including at least eight standard stations, one
“superstation” and one co-located station.
The project – a joint venture with Gigatons, an EV charging business set up by
the founders of UK charge point operator Gridserve – will combine Flow Power’s
electricity retailing and project development capabilities with Gridserve’s
software, analytics and hardware expertise.
Another $2.3 million chunk of Arena funding has been awarded to New South Wales
distribution network company, Essential Energy, to deploy public, kerbside EV
chargers in the state’s regions, boosting charger access and equity for EV
drivers outside big cities.
The Plug and Play project involves the third-party connection of 1,000 new EV
chargers within existing wooden power poles across Essential Energy’s network –
an approach designed to create a scalable model for distribution networks
across Australia.
The program will also see the installation of 300 new composite streetlight
poles which feature fully integrated 7-kilowatt (kW) white-labelled chargers
that will be ready for operators to lease.
Together, the program will nearly double the number of currently available
kerbside EV chargers across Essential Energy’s network."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
