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EV charging – PV installers expect the installation of charging stations to become increasingly important

August 14, 2024 ryansheehanrts

This year, EUPD Research once again surveyed charging infrastructure installers on current market developments, installed charging station brands, technological developments and general market trends. A particular focus of this year’s survey was on sector coupling, especially the integration of photovoltaics and charging stations.

The majority of installers who currently install wallboxes also offer PV systems. The reason for this is the importance of integrating these two key components of the energy transition. To ensure maximum cost benefits for the end user, the charging station must be perfectly matched to the solar system. The importance of this integration is also reflected in the companies’ turnover.

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Charging stations already generate 10 percent of the turnover of the solar installers surveyed in Germany. Moreover, this head group is the only one that expects a significant increase in the share of turnover by 2024: On average, it is expected to be 15 percent by 2024.

A closer look at the installations shows why PV installers in particular are currently installing many charging stations. In an average of 77% of wallbox installations, the installers surveyed had to take a PV system into account, i.e. either a PV system was also installed or a system was already installed into which the wallbox had to be integrated. Even if it is not absolutely necessary to install a PV system yourself in order to integrate a charging station into the overall system, there are advantages if the complete installation comes from a single source. The landscape of charging station manufacturers is also changing. More and more suppliers from the photovoltaic sector, in particular suppliers of inverters and energy storage systems, are offering their own charging stations that can be integrated into their overall system.

About the EV Charging Stations Monitor

Now in its third edition, the EV Charging Stations Monitor from EUPD Research once again creates transparency in the market for electric vehicle charging stations and provides unique and up-to-date knowledge about providers, dealers and installation companies. In addition to a comprehensive market overview of providers, products and dealers, this year’s focus is on sector coupling.

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Topics such as solar charging, bidirectional charging and integration of the charging station into an energy management system will be covered. The study also qualifies and quantifies the procurement channels. The installer survey is the core element of the study and shows the important experiences and evaluations of charging station installations from the installers’ perspective. This includes the presentation of the installer portfolio, brand management, procurement management and current market developments based on sector coupling. (mfo)

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Greenyellow builds 350 solar car parks for French supermarket chain

July 24, 2024 ryansheehanrts

The Paris-based solar project developer Greenyellow will build solar carports on 350 car parks belonging to the Carrefour food chain. This has been agreed by both companies. The projects will be built on car parks in front of Carrefour supermarkets and hypermarkets in the provinces of Normandy, Île-de-France, Hauts-de-France, Grand Est, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitanie, and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.

Realisation phase has begun

The realisation of the first project is scheduled to start in July of this year. The first plants should be ready by the beginning of 2025. Greenyellow plans to complete at least half of the planned projects by the end of 2026. “We are now entering the project phase, in which we are finalising the development, selecting technical partners and creating an ecosystem for project implementation,” explains Mathieu Cambet, who is responsible for the implementation of photovoltaic projects at Greenyellow.

In total, the generators in Carrefour’s car parks are expected to produce 450 gigawatt hours of clean electricity every year. Greenyellow will not only plan and build the systems, but also operate them. This also includes a contractual performance guarantee for the generators.

Reducing the CO2 footprint

In this way, 180,000 individual parking spaces in front of Carrefour’s supermarkets and hypermarkets will not only be shaded. The food retailer can also use more self-generated solar power, for example for cooling products or air conditioning the individual stores. In this way, the company can significantly reduce its CO2 footprint. With this ambitious project, the company is taking on a pioneering role in the solarisation of its own properties and the decarbonisation of its real estate, emphasise the project partners.

Fulfilling legal requirements

Carrefour is also fulfilling the legal requirements of the solar obligation for car parks, which applies in France for such areas with a size of over 1,500 square metres. However, the project also enables Carrefour to become less dependent on fluctuating prices on the electricity market through the self-consumption of solar power from the car parks.

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“We are very proud of the long-term partnership with Varrefour for this unprecedented large-scale project,” emphasises Otmane Hajji, President of Greenyellow. “This emblematic project reinforces our commitment to supporting major French and international companies on their path to energy independence.”

Switching to green electricity by 2030

After all, the solar installations on Carrefour’s car parks will reduce grid consumption and help the company to switch the stores’ energy supply completely to green electricity by 2030, as Romain Butte, Managing Director of Greenyellow, emphasises. In addition, the photovoltaics will provide shade and thus increase the attractiveness of the stores for customers by protecting them from the sun and rain. (su/mfo)

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