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'Far away from big cities, people living in remote Australia can sometimes
struggle with basic energy security, let alone installing a fast charger for an
electric car.
But even simply getting this technology to them is a major challenge, according
to the National Roads and Motorists Association (NRMA).
The NRMA's energy subsidiary and the federal government are jointly funding a
$90 million rollout of 137 fast chargers in rural and regional Australia.
NRMA Energy's chief executive Carly Irving-Dolan said it had been confronted
with many barriers.
"Fundamentally, the main barrier is the constraint on the grid," she said.
"You'll have places with low power, or very little power, that could only power
a few houses and a roadhouse.
"In other parts, for example, where we're going to be building [these chargers]
there is actually no power there at all."
Experts, such as Scott Dwyer from the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the
University of Technology Sydney, reiterate the challenges for charging an
entire car battery in the bush.
"Electrical grids may not be reliable or they're not on the grid," Dr Dwyer
said.
"So this is really going to call for special types of charging concepts."
Dr Dwyer noted many remote communities were also struggling to access clean
energy to power electric cars.
Many small towns in the Northern Territory, for instance, are powered by gas
with backup diesel.
Now several companies are working on "novel" solutions to the problem.'
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
