A collaboration between Duke Energy, Electrada and Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) has created an innovative site for testing and demonstrating EV charging use cases for commercial and passenger vehicles. The site is the first of its kind to integrate into a larger microgrid capability that enables zero-emission charging for further uses by all three companies.
Open Energy Solutions has a working relationship with Duke Energy and Electrada and was asked to support all stages of the site development from design, construction, commissioning, and support. Its expertise with EVs, DERs, microgrids, and the Mt Holly site in general allowed us to fill advisory and execution roles throughout the project. OES not only enabled the team to meet the project objectives for the site (scoping and schedule) but contributed numerous inputs during the timeline to optimize cost and maximize realized benefits. “OES was an important part of making this site a reality,” said Dave Mulder, VP of Solutions for Electrada, who went on to add that its “expertise and experience was valuable to the overall success of the project.”
Open Energy Solutions supported the unveiling of the center on November 21 to employees, dignitaries, and the press. OES helped here as well with preparation of the site and providing support as needed before, during, and after the event. Wade Malcolm, CEO of OES, stated that “OES fully supports what is represented by this site, a utility-industry collaboration that will provide many forms of insights within the EV charge management space as well as opportunity to design and test next generation products and offerings. OES is proud of its accomplishments to date and looks forward to ongoing relationships with the partners as well as contributing its time and assets going forward.”
For more information, see the PRESS RELEASE Duke Energy published.
You can access more details about the site from Electrada at this LINK.